Editor’s note: This story appears in our November-December 2020 magazine. You can subscribe to the print edition, or digital, here.
Nathan Bennett’s first sport was baseball, but it wasn’t quite his speed. He loves running so much that his favorite part of the game was sprinting to first base after a hit.
It wasn’t until his dad, who hails from London, got his son to watch Premier League games that Bennett found the perfect sport for him.
“From the age of 6 or 7, I said, ‘I want to do what I’m watching on the TV,’” Bennett said.