A Team That Chose Principles Over Gold Medals

For years, the men said nothing at all. One day they went into an office to cast a vote by secret ballot that changed their lives, and the next day they moved on into a future clouded with doubt. A few days later, a defiant Adolf Hitler pushed German troops into the Rhineland, and there were more pressing concerns than a basketball team and a sacrifice that seemed minuscule in comparison to the storm raging in Europe.

 

Read the whole amazing story of the Long Island University men's basketball team that turned down a tryout for the 1936 Olympics as written by Michael Weinreb for ESPN.com.