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Serves, Spikes, and a Sex Offender: how a convicted child-rapist made the Netherlands’ Olympic Team

By: Kelly Bevan During the summer Olympics, at the picturesque Eiffel tower-adjacent beach volleyball court, an unusual sound came from the crowd: boos and angry shouting. These jeers were directed at Dutch player Steven van de Velde. Van de Velde was not being booed because of poor sportsmanship or a bad play, but rather because […]