Women’s Soccer

Sexual harassment charges indirectly hit coach

As a sports ethics and business ethics motivational speaker and consultant, I must often talk to groups on the topics of sexual harassment and abuse. It’s a damn shame. As we approach 2023, I am often surprised at the lack of awareness on these topics, especially among athletes and coaches. The Portland Thorns The Thorns (women’s soccer) have had more than their share of documented off-the-field problems. It speaks to an ethical and managerial breakdown top to bottom, but for this post I want to address the topic of sexual […]

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Why the Portland Thorns must matter to all of us

As a sports ethics keynote speaker, sports ethics consultant and co-author of Monday Morning Ethics, my heart is invested in ethical choices and consequences. As grandfather to girls, my heart is invested in their future happiness. Whether they become athletes — or not, is not relevant; that they have an equal chance to compete in all phases of life, is both my desire and my cause. Every time I think society has “arrived,” something comes along to discourage my optimism. The Portland Thorns Before touching on the key points of […]

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Hope Solo needs help, not judgement

Hope Solo, much like you and me, has had her share of triumphs and tragedies. At the end of March 2022, Solo was discovered to be unconscious in a parking lot. It was not so much a “medical condition,” as an alcoholic condition. When the police awakened her, she was combative and tried to convince the officers she was merely taking a rest. She refused a sobriety test. The police pulled her from her vehicle; she resisted and was placed under arrest. A warrant was issued and she was found […]

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