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Abby is Awesome

The US Women's Soccer Team won their second ever gold medal in dramatic fashion yesterday off the head of local hero Abby Wambach. Here in Rochester, we're crazy for Abby and, by extension, the entire US Women's Team, especially since this performance was the last hurrah for the trailblazing veterans such as Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Joy Fawcett, et al. As the veterans move toward retirement, exciting players like Abby are still drawing interest in women's soccer.

Still, it was a little surprising to me that today's Democrat and Chronicle devoted the entire front page to Abby and her temmates' gold-medal-winning effort. Not the front page of the sports section, but the front page. To which I say: yay! If it takes a soccer goal to knock the Swift Boat he said-she said blather off the front page, I'm not going to complain.

BTW, this Abby is awesome, too.