You don’t have to lift the cover on to know what’s in it: Some of America’s greatest young female athletes were serially coerced and groped, called c---s and p-----s, and suffered retaliations from the clammy-handed male coaches they rejected. When they resisted, they had to fear for their careers. How many times do we have to read these kinds of reports, reciting the same stomach-turning “systemic” cycles? It makes you want to pull on a pair of steel-toed cowgirl boots and take aim at something higher than a shin.
Gymnastics. Swimming. Skiing and snowboarding. Taekwondo. Equestrian, for God’s sake.