2012-05-23

bronze_ribbons: knife with bronze ribbons (DelPo on verge of oh smash)
2012-05-23 09:53 am
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signal boost: Twitter petition

...to pressure the Tennis Hall of Fame into investigating Bob Hewitt, "accused of sexually abusing over a dozen women between the 1970s and early 1990s when he was their coach and they were underage," and reconsidering their display on him:

http://twitition.com/a6m96

(Been following this story for a while. On the one hand, innocent until proven guilty, and conflicted about using any standards other than physical performance to measure greatness; on the other hand, the women need to be heard and recognized, young athletes and their parents need to be warned against predators, and induction into HOFs never a pure assessment anyhow.)