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11 Bravo

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6. What did you think of the Soviet bloc boycott of the '84 LA Games?

Reply to Javaman (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 10:44 AM

Feb 2014

(I agree with you about 1980, but the '84 boycott doubly pissed me off because I was there. Among other events, I had two tickets to the basketball finals; and if it had come down to the US vs USSR I could have sold those tickets for enough to pay for my whole trip!)

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What did you think of the Soviet bloc boycott of the '84 LA Games? 11 Bravo Feb 2014 #6

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