Linemen are like a sports team ­— a pretty close-knit group of guys.

Everybody's all smiles. Everybody who drives by offers us something to eat or drink.

If St. Louis is 1A (as a sports town in Missouri), Springfield is 1B.

I was an A's and Phillies fan, ... It was a pretty good sports town, even then.

It was pretty sweet. Big Sky Board Sports was with us the whole way. Simon Elston helped coach our team.

You lose your seat at the table pretty quickly, not just in the Olympics, but in other sports communities. People need to see us have a presence over there so they understand that Salt Lake City, Utah, hasn't forgotten and hasn't gone away.