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 CHICAGO (AP) - Abby Wambach would love for the U.S. women's soccer team to help create a spirit of unity at the Beijing Olympics. She also knows politics and protests are holding sway as the games approach.
"We are athletes, and we're going there to play a sport," she said Monday. "We hope to make change. We hope to create an environment where we can bring the world together. But that's a lot of responsibility, to ask an athlete to go over there not only just to represent the country ... but also to have these political views."
The high-scoring forward wasn't alone in fielding questions that had little to do with her sport. Many athletes at the U.S. Olympic team media summit found themselves talking as much about recent protests over China's human rights record as their pursuit of a medal.
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