In turn , sports became politics .
From 1958 - 1964 , the same story rain in the sports pages : how to decide the winning team of the US - Soviet track meets. 98 Both countries used politics to garner great press for sports .
Sports became politics .
From 1958 - 1964 , the same story rain in the sports pages : how to decide the winning team of the US - Soviet track meets. 98 Both countries used politics to garner great press for sports .