Amy Bass, a professor of history at the College of New Rochelle, is the author of "Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete." As the supervisor of NBC's Olympic Research Room, she is a veteran of eight
The U.S. women's soccer team plays China on Wednesday night in New Orleans, and it's not only the final match of its U.S. World Cup champions' victory tour, it is the final match ever for Abby Wambach, one of the greatest soccer players in U.S. history.
Before US women's national team star Abby Wambach played her final game as a professional on Wednesday, a 1-0 loss in New Orleans to China, she had some parting words about the men's national team and head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Wambach
In case you haven't cried enough already about Abby Wambach's retirement, Nike and her teammates put together a tribute video that will probably leave you weeping until the end of the game tonight. With sweet stories and tributes from just about
United States forward Abby Wambach. Gilbert Arenas seems to think female athletes are nothing more than objects for men to look at, but there are plenty of successful sportswomen who show that's far from the truth. The former NBA point guard went on