Aaron EttingerDownload PDFApr 29 2026FreerLaw/DepositphotosWho had it right? Was it George Orwell who called sportswar minus the shooting, or Nelson Mandela who said that sports cancreate hope where once there was only despair. The answer turns on the empirical record and a deeper truth: sports and politics brings together two of the great undertakings of human society. Accordingly, sports on the i