The Answer Dude Makes Amends For Dogging Soccer...Sort Of.
By Tom Danehy
WHEN I WROTE my column last week about the ongoing World
Cup soccer championship tournament, I upset someone whom I care
about. Lourdes Barrera was the captain of the freshman girls basketball
team I coached this year at Amphi. She read the column and said,
"Tom, why did you dog soccer? I played soccer. I used to
be good at it."
Having watched her kick the basketball around the court for nearly
three months last season, I had no doubt she was telling the truth.
So to be fair, I tried to find some nice things to say about