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And They Call Them Games
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Dick Yarbrough is also the author of “And They Call Them
Games – An Inside View Of The 1996
Olympics” (2002 Mercer University Press). The book is a
no-punches-pulled insider’s perspective of the
Centennial Olympic Games, and the only book
written about the Atlanta Games. Based on Yarbrough’s
experiences as managing director - communications and government relations for ACOG,
the book focuses on the host of issues that ACOG faced in planning and
overseeing the Centennial Olympics. These issues, which ranged from
the complex to the comical, included the Centennial Park bombing, the
gay rights battles in Cobb County, the uproar over the state flag, and
the competing needs of local, state, federal, and international
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To order this book,
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One reviewer had the following to say about “And They Call Them Games”:
"To many, including myself, the Olympic Games have become a
huge sham using gifted athletes to hide the corruption and moral indifference of
those who run them. And They Call Them Games by C. Richard Yarbrough is a
scathing record of the planning and celebration of the 1996 Centennial Olympic
Games held in Atlanta. The games became famous for the bomb that killed and
injured visitors, and the fiasco behind the innocent man accused of the crime.
Written by the chief public relations officer for the
Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, ["And They Call Them Games"] is as
unvarnished and honest as they come. It is fascinating and chilling reading."
-- Alan Caruba, Bookviews
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What's Next? |
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Dick is now busy on his third book, "Why Ray
Charles Didn't Sing 'Ohio on my Mind' and Other
Important Facts About the South"
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watch for details on when it will be available to YOU!
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