Vaulted Above Accountability: Mary Lou Retton, Health Sympathy, and the Olympic Loophole in American Media Editorial by Contributor Brian S It takes extraordinary talent to win Olympic gold. But in America, it takes something altogether different to survive a DUI scandal with your legacy intact: nostalgia, selective sympathy, and the peculiar immunity granted by media … Continue reading Mary Lou Retton, Olympic Champion, DUI, Compassion and Consequences