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|women's soccer
|women's soccer
|ranked #1 and won the gold in the last two Olympics, most recently with a foreign coach. Now that this [[U.S.]] team is [[politically correct]], will it underachieve?<ref>A foreigner, reportedly a lesbian, was selected as the head coach of the already champion American Olympic women's soccer team in 2007, and in the following year that team repeated its gold medal-winning performance of 2004. Aren't there American, although perhaps not politically correct, soccer coaches good enough to run the Olympic team?</ref> Major rivals will be Japan, Brazil and France.
|ranked #1 and won the gold in the last two Olympics, most recently with a foreign coach. Now that this [[U.S.]] team is [[politically correct]], will it underachieve?<ref>A foreigner, reportedly a lesbian, was selected as the head coach of the already champion American Olympic women's soccer team in 2007, and in the following year that team repeated its gold medal-winning performance of 2004. Aren't there American, although perhaps not politically correct, soccer coaches good enough to run the Olympic team?</ref> Major rivals will be Japan, Brazil and France.
|Overcame an early 2-0 deficit to beat France 4-2 in their first game. Two remaining group stage games against North Korea (known officially as Democratic People's Republic of Korea for Olympic purposes) and Colombia. Top two in each group, plus the two best third place teams (out of 3 groups) advance to the quarterfinals.
|Went 3-0 in their group to advance to the quarterfinals. They will face Canada, New Zealand, or Cameroon in the quarterfinals.
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|Gun events
|Gun events
|Will the [[lamestream media]] downplay the gun events because they want to continue to push [[gun control]]?
|Will the [[lamestream media]] downplay the gun events because they want to continue to push [[gun control]]?
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|They have been largely ignored. However, other minor sports with little national following have been equally ignored. See the entry above on the Malaysian shooter for an exception to this lack of coverage.
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|Openly [[homosexual]] athletes
|Openly [[homosexual]] athletes