In 1972, the United States Men’s Olympic basketball team played the USSR for the gold medal in what turned out to be one of the most controversial games every played in basketball history. With only a few seconds minutes left in the game, the United States seemed to have the game won, but after three controversial calls the USSR team was deemed to have won the gold. Knowing in their hearts that they had won the game,
the United States team unanimously decided to never accept the 
silver medal.
A Kentuckian, Kenny Davis, from Monticello, who played at Georgetown College, was captain of that Olympic team. Fast-forward 42 years. Neither Davis nor his teammates have accepted those silver medals. When asked, Davis said he would not change that decision. Everyone on that team knew in their hearts that they had won the gold and did not need a medal to signify their accomplishment. "We will never get that symbol, but deep down, according to the rules, we did win," said Davis.
Davis has co-authored a book entitled
Better than Gold: Olympian Kenny Davis and the Most Controversial Basketball Game in History. A limited number of only three hundred books will be published.
On Thursday, November 20, a book signing ceremony will be held at the historic Wayne Theater in Monticello, Kentucky (Davis’ hometown) and is being sponsored by the Monticello Banking Company.
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