Bender, Brooke-Marciniak, Snyder named to USOC board

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee has appointed Paralympic gold-medal swimmer Brad Snyder, Ernst & Young executive Beth Brooke-Marciniak and USA Wrestling executive director Rich Bender to its board of directors.
They take over for members whose terms expired — Dave Ogrean, Nina Kemppel and Jim Benson.
The 16-person board’s main task is to find a way forward for an organization that has been criticized for not acting quickly or forcefully enough to c