Blink and you’ll miss it: A cunning pass through a sea of arms to set up a teammate under the basket, or a you-can’t-stop-this move to juke out a defender and coolly lay it in herself. Familiar applause erupts. Lynx star rookie Olivia Miles, aptly dubbed “The Spectacle,” has been dazzling WNBA audiences for nearly a full season now, with Minnesota having clinched the top seed heading into what should be a thoroughly entertaining playoffs featuring the bespectacled, afro-sporting magician in her natural habitat.
But long before Miles dominated the basketball court, she similarly wowed fans in a wholly different sport: Soccer. Her highlights on the pitch recently went viral during her guest appearance on the Welcome to the Party podcast with Abby Wambach, Julie Foudy and Billie Jean King.
