Ancient contests, written rulebooks, global media, and modern analytics reshaped sport into a worldwide culture—where fandom ...
A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with its centerpiece 210-yard track. Roger Wood/Corbis In the hills above Olympia, I awoke before dawn, feeling bleary-eyed from the Greek wine ...
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From gladiators to mock naval battles, what were the major sports events in the ancient world?
The ancient Athenian writer Isocrates (436-338 BC) once commented: Many cities judge those who excel in the athletic contests to be worthy of greater rewards than those who, by painstaking thought and ...
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