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With the Rio Olympics in full swing,\u00a0Transylvania history professor\u00a0Gregg\u00a0Bocketti offers a thought-provoking\u00a0commentary on the games in an\u00a0Op-Ed published by\u00a0the Huffington Post and Lexington Herald-Leader:\u00a0To Understand Olympics Protests, Look to the Past<\/a>. He also was interviewed for WEKU’s “On Point” radio program,\u00a0Local Expert Weighs in on Rio Attendance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This scholar of Brazilian sport\u00a0has conducted most of his research in Rio, where he learned how sports have shaped the city.\u00a0He also is a leading authority on the history of Brazilian and Latin American soccer and is an avid fan. Professor\u00a0<\/a>Bocketti<\/a>\u00a0authored the recently published\u00a0book<\/a>, \u201cThe Invention of the Beautiful Game: Football and the Making of Modern Brazil.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the Rio Olympics in full swing,\u00a0Transylvania history professor\u00a0Gregg\u00a0Bocketti offers a thought-provoking\u00a0commentary on the games in an\u00a0Op-Ed published by\u00a0the Huffington Post and Lexington Herald-Leader:\u00a0To Understand Olympics Protests, Look to the Past. He also was interviewed for WEKU’s “On Point” radio program,\u00a0Local Expert Weighs in on Rio Attendance. This scholar of Brazilian sport\u00a0has conducted most of his research in Rio, where he learned how sports have shaped the city.\u00a0He also is a leading authority on the history of Brazilian and Latin American soccer and is an avid fan. 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