Team USA (Winter Olympic athletes) at Mendoza Business College Auditorium (Oct. 15, 6 p.m.)

from News Briefs (South Bend Tribune dot-com): Steve Mesler, U.S. gold medalist in bobsled, and Rico Roman, U.S. Paralympic hopeful in sled hockey will speak at the University of Notre Dames' Mendoza College of Business auditorium at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15, 2013. The Event is free and open to the public. The two will share their stories as part of the Team USA Road Show in advance of the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Mesler, a three-time U.S. Olympian and 2010 gold medalist in four-man bobsled, is a motivational speaker and philanthropist. Roman lost his left leg in a roadside bombing in Iraq in 2007 while serving in the U.S. Army. He started to play sled hockey with the help of "Operation Comfort," a nonprofit group that helps wounded warriors/veterans with rehabilitation. www.southbendtribune.com/