It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, It's Who Reports the Games: American Media and the Summer Olympics of the 1950s

Authors

Benjamin G. Hardcastle, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Olympics, American Media, Cold war, sports

Abstract

Upon their return from the London Olympic Games in 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt hosted the United States Olympic athletes at his Oyster Bay, New York retreat. The London Games had been rife with rivalry between the American team and its British hosts, causing the British press to question the sportsmanship of the American athletes after a number of heated events. The US athletes, upset by the accusations, were reassured by the words of Roosevelt. "We don't need to talk," he exclaimed upon receiving them, "we've won!"

Recommended Citation

Hardcastle, Benjamin G. (2005) "It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, It's Who Reports the Games: American Media and the Summer Olympics of the 1950s," The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 34: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol34/iss1/4