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Rome 1960
16 July 2008 - 9:53am
It was the end of an era, and the beginning of a new one. The Rome Olympics saw the world’s first commercially televised games, the first doping scandal and the first athlete paid for wearing a certain brand of shoes. Maybe they’re somehow all related? A young 18-year-old Louisville boxer named Cassius Clay won gold before changing his name to Muhammad Ali. Rome 1960 is a penetrating look at this turning point in history: how athletics moved from a sport of affluent amateurs to the industry we know today.