As we get older in life, we learn a few things. Human beings need hope. And we need each other.

This is the story of Ed Hula, a pioneering Olympic journalist in the United States, and Miguel Hernandez Mendez, who for most of his life has been a journalist in Cuba and is now, in significant measure because of the goodness of Ed Hula, a new American citizen. 

“Olympic brothers,” Miguel said in a recent telephone call.