Benesh, Partain release statement regarding split with coach Mike Placek
One of the strangest, and most unexpected, storylines of the Paris Olympic Games is the abrupt split of Andy Benesh and Miles Partain and their coach, Mike Placek. This past Wednesday, early in Benesh and Partain’s final round of pool play — an eventual three-set win over Brazil’s George Wanderley and Andre Loyola — NBC courside reporter Dain Blanton mentioned on the broadcast that Placek hadn’t…







