Lauriane Dolt and the biggest breakthrough you haven't heard about

The French woman who didn't want to be a trail blazer or a champion for a cause -- but became one

"It's too rare that merit really is enough to break down barriers. When it is, we should definitely celebrate it."

The most important sign of progress is when progress doesn't seem that much of a surprise. It's when we don't get surprised that people from groups that have been previously under-represented get treated no differently than those that have long been in the ascendency. It's when the stage is reached that nobody has to fight that equality is an actual reality.

In sports, for all its base in merit, there are oodles of ...