Josh Benner

Tag: Olympics

  • Speed skater who lost out on carrying American flag sits out opening ceremony

    Busch league. Shani Davis was passed over for carrying the U.S. Olympic flag. The speed skater had been tied with luge star Erin Hamlin. The method of breaking the tie, as was already established, was to do a coin toss, which was the tie breaking procedure that had been established prior by the U.S. Olympic…

  • Sexual abuse victim preaches gospel at sentencing

    It’s the best sermon I’ve heard in a long time. The truth and weight of her words were astounding. Rachael Denhollander was one of the many victims of former USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. His abuse of Denhollander started in 2000 when she was 15. Today, Denhollander is a lawyer, and was the first of…

  • Lochte lies, lessons in honesty

    Sunday morning, see a story about Ryan Lochte and three other Team USA swimmers being held up at gunpoint. I think “wow, how terrifying.” Yesterday, I see stories that the Brazilian authorities don’t believe the story, and I think “how corrupt is this country!” But then the stories start to conflict, swimmers start to backtrack…

  • If you’re not first, you’re not last

    If you’re not first, you’re not last

    In his last solo race as an Olympic swimmer, Michael Phelps, the greatest swimmer of all time finished tied for second. I was struck when I heard people saying that Phelps “lost” the race. True. He didn’t win. But he was the silver medalist!