U.S. Olympic Participation in PyeongChang uncertain

Try as we might, politics finds a way to enter our sports consciousness, and that respite from outside realities once again joins the bigger picture.

United States U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley, was asked earlier today on whether or not we could be certain that we all want to buy a Team USA sweater. We know that Vladimir Putin is already allowing for the Russians to participate under a neutral flag at the Olympics in South Korea this February, but the U.S. future is uncertain.

As always, you want to keep your athletes safe. Haley commented that it was more about security considering that we have been trading verbal spars and watching missiles land in the Sea of Japan from a country that is…