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Gretchen Bleiler is a name you need to know for Sochi

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Gretchen Bleiler is one of the names you need to know when the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics gets going early next month. Gretchen Bleiler received a lot of publicity in October of 2011 when she appeared in ESPN the magazine's "Body Issue." Although the main star of that show was soccer star Hope Solo, pretty much naked almost on the cover. 32-year-old Gretchen Bleiler is an … [Read more...] about Gretchen Bleiler is a name you need to know for Sochi

Hope Solo Deemed “Too Muscular” for Dancing with the Stars

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You may wonder why U.S. women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo was so whiny and complainy after being cut during the semi-final round of "Dancing with the Stars." Her Q Rating suffered greatly as she came off as a sore loser. She told Anderson Cooper some of the reasons why. "I was told I had too much muscle and I was too intense and wasn't very dainty," Solo told Cooper. … [Read more...] about Hope Solo Deemed “Too Muscular” for Dancing with the Stars

Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, Abby Wambach up for FIFA Player of the Year

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The banner year for the USWNT continues as the World Cup run led to their three main stars: Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, and Abby Wambach being nominated for the highest individual honor a women's soccer player can achieve. The following ten women soccer players are up for the title of FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2011: … [Read more...] about Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, Abby Wambach up for FIFA Player of the Year

Hope Solo Featured in ESPN the Magazine Body Issue!

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Big shout out to Larry Brown Sports for catching this story, and re-publishing Hope Solo's oh so eye-catching tweets. “Being naked outside is very liberating,” she wrote in one tweet. Responding to a fan in another tweet, she said she was “Doing a shoot for ESPN the MAG!” That's right this is in reference to the ESPN mag "Body Issue" of which Solo has a spread. … [Read more...] about Hope Solo Featured in ESPN the Magazine Body Issue!

Hope Solo DWTS Pics, Alex Morgan Talks Newfound Stardom

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U.S. Women's soccer was the water cooler talk of the summer just like Michael Phelps was the trending topic of summer 2008. The World Cup runner-up squad became new media darlings. Especially true for the team's best player Abby Wambach, and the two extremely photogenic athletes, Hope Solo and Alex Morgan. Solo is doing ABC's "Dancing with Stars." See here new pics from the … [Read more...] about Hope Solo DWTS Pics, Alex Morgan Talks Newfound Stardom

MLS Player Sings Love Poem, Rap for Hope Solo (Video)

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It's a well established law of science that U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Goaltender Hope Solo is scorching hot. Not a hypothesis, theory, but law. Her body temperature must be 198 degrees. Since June, we've learned that the entire nation thinks so- here's the proof Sporting KC (that's a MLS team...wait, that's an American professional soccer team, let me make that … [Read more...] about MLS Player Sings Love Poem, Rap for Hope Solo (Video)