(AP) [Responding to the announcement that softball would be removed from the Olympics in 2012] American pitcher Lisa Fernandez, a three-time gold medalist, blamed the decision on IOC president Jacques Rogge.
“Rogge has basically conspired against the sports to get them removed. We had done our job as a sport world wide to show we belong,” she said. “I feel one person, the president of the IOC, a person from Europe, has taken it upon himself to ruin the lives of millions, actually billions of women.”
Not to mention the countless number of men who will only be able to see Jennie Finch in Sports Illustrated, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPN.com, ESPN the Magazine, The Sporting News, etc...
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