Ron Kantowski
Ron Kantowski is a sports columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, covering a variety of topics and the Las Vegas sports scene.
rkantowski@reviewjournal.com … @ronkantowski on Twitter. 702-383-0352
It was called “Blood in the Water,” the most famous water polo match of all-time. Hungary vs. the USSR, on Dec. 6, 1956, at the Melbourne Olympics. A month earlier, Soviet tanks had squelched Hungary’s rebellion. A less violent water polo match played in Las Vegas on Tuesday featured the U.S. women’s team, which will be playing in the Summer Games in London, and cast members of the Cirque du Soleil show “O.”
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