USA Basketball Wins and Then Loses in a “Traveshamockery”

The Gold Medal game between the USA and the Soviet Union at the 1972 Olympic Games becomes a travesty, a sham and a mockery

MUNICH, WEST GERMANY - September 10, 1972

The entire Olympic movement continues to reel from the tragedy of the 11 Israelis who were kidnapped from the Olympic village and murdered by Palestinian terrorists five days ago.

And while there is no comparison to the loss of life, and brutal disruption to the peaceful premise of the Olympics, the American team …