Alva Review-Courier -

The message for a sport in crisis needed to be sent. One that pushed the narrative surrounding the highest reaches of American gymnastics away from a Michigan courtroom and toward the young women who laid their pain bare for the world to hear. One that stressed to the hundreds of athletes who suffered abuse at the ungloved hands of Larry Nassar that they were not alone.

One that let them know the culture can change from one that allowed the former doctor's abusive practices to flourish undetected for so long. That it is changing. Not a generation from now. Not five years from now. Not by the 2...