At the 2007 Women's World Cup held in China, then-U.S. coach Greg Ryan benched red-hot goalkeeper Hope Solo in favor of creaky monolith Brianna Scurry in the semifinals against Brazil for reasons that made sense to morons.  In the wake of the team's 4-0 embarrassment , Solo got branded as a diva for being honest about her coach making the wrong decision. "It was the wrong decision ...

Has American's women atheltics seen day like this before??? photo: AP Hope Solo leads the US Women's National Team to a gold medal, by beating Brazil. Capping off her incredible storyline. While the US Softball team losses a heart-breaker to Japan, in softball's final Olympic game. photo: reuters   RizzoSports Blog   www.rizzosports.com   FLTV 23 - Live ...

Hope Solo promised a victory over Brazil. She got it. A great, great soccer match ended in thrilling fashion to determine the gold medal. Outplayed for the most of the match, Hope Solo was outstanding in goal and the Brazilians were just inches off on many strikes. Team USA needed to just one perfectly executed goal. Carli Lloyd split through the Brazilian defense and curved a sweet ...

Hope Solo promised a victory over Brazil. She got it. A great, great soccer match ended in thrilling fashion to determine the gold medal. Outplayed for the most of the match, Hope Solo was outstanding in goal and the Brazilians were just inches off on many strikes. Team USA needed to just one perfectly executed goal. Carli Lloyd split through the Brazilian defense and curved a sweet ...

A decade ago I watched Hope Solo carve up opposing defenses. Since, she's carved up her coach in the media. This morning, she and the U.S. women's soccer team won gold.

Do you think I should've started last year? 120 minutes, no goals. Gold medal winner. I think I've made my point.

The United States women's soccer team defeated Japan 4-2 Monday to advance to Thursday's gold medal game. We update you on this for the sole purpose of posting a picture of Hope Solo . She's kind of like a Monet, or whichever artist is was that painted portraits that looked good from far away. Ryan Maloney WNYO Sports Director

If there's ever a game to hope that "momentum" does exist in baseball, this afternoon's contest between the A's and White Sox would be it. The A's are coming off of what must have been a highly emotional come-from-behind victory last night, with not only Suzuki's walkoff blast as a highlight, but the fact that all of the A's runs came on homers (a solo shot from Ellis, plus a solo and a ...