Chapter 16The next morning, something hit the mainstream sports pages, and everything hit the fan.
“Look at this!”
Ben, roused by the Olympic Village suite door hitting the wall, no doubt doing damage, tried to focus on the paper shoved in front of his face. “Huh? Coach?” A hard-on and sleepy eyes made concentrating difficult. “What?”
Coach Strong threw the newspaper at Ben’s chest. “What the hell, Thornton?” He stormed off, then back. “What is this s**t?”
Ben read the headline: Olympic Medalists More Than Teammates?
The picture of Ben up on Richie’s shoulders at the opening ceremonies took up half the back page. The story below regurgitated salacious muck from Morning Omlet about both allegedly being gay, citing an “insider” as its source.
“Are you two queer…gay?” Strong downshifted
