Scott D. Pierce: Apolo Ohno headed for South Korea, where they hate him
Apolo Anton Ohno is headed to the PyeongChang Olympics in February as NBC’s short track speed skating expert, which makes total sense. He has, of course, won eight Olympic medals in the sport — two gold, two silver and four bronze.But the Games are in South Korea, where Ohno is not exactly popular. Where he became, in fact, remarkably unpopular after the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.“I was the second-most hated person in Korea. Second,” Ohno said. “Number
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