soccer

While soccer isn’t nearly as popular here as it is in other parts of the world, it seems to get its due in the US during the Olympics, at least. And when the women’s national soccer team won gold after a hotly-contested battle against Brazil at the 2008 Games in Beijing, its members became superstars.

I have been seeing it all over the headlines, “Olympian Hope Solo Warned After Positive Drug Test,” or “Hope Solo Failed A Drug Test, Will Still Play In Olympics.” From first glance, these article headlines picture Hope Solo to be some cheater or criminal...