Olympic Games (interesting, actually)

[Sean Manning]

I do not think that we have to revise our view that the Greeks and Romans had the world's first sports culture, in many ways remarkably similar to the Anglo-Saxon model of today.

What exactly do you mean by that? Greek sporting culture was different from that of other civilizations, but you can see people watching wrestling matches and stickfighting bouts in Bronze Age Egypt (for example).

I'll have to look at that site more closely. There is a fair amount to read there, and there might be something to it ...