In the up-and-down 20-year history of Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, roles have proven very fluid. Players have become managers. Stars have played for their father before becoming a coach themselves and ultimately,

Mike Sullivan, a two-time Stanley Cup winning head coach, is coaching Team USA men’s ice hockey at the Winter Olympics in Milan this February. At 12 years old, he watched the team win gold at Lake Placid, defeating the Soviet Union. “When I was a kid ...