BOONE: World Cup women show how far we’ve come, still have to go
By Ron Boone, The Baltimore Sun (TNS) The inspiring victory of our Women’s World Cup soccer team took me back to my days coaching girls’ 13-16 softball in the late 1970s. I coached some tremendous athletes. However, the opportunity to maximize their talents was restricted by attitudes about females in sports and by limited resources. My players got only T-shirts and caps for uniforms. They received