So long, Beijing. It’s been educational, fun and quite interesting. Thanks again for the hospitality — something you maintained as long as you weren’t questioned about how you do the things you do. Through it all — the age issues, the typically pathetic judging for all judgment-related competitions, NBC’s terrible coverage after [...]

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Folks, you are looking at what could be the best sprinter to ever run at the Olympics — Usain Bolt. Bolt has just broken Michael Johnson’s 200-meter record on route to his second gold medal in another eye-popping performance. The old record — 19.32 – Bolt’s time — 19.30.
That’s just inhuman.
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The question, now that the Michael Phelps Pool Domination tour is over, is where does Phelps stand in relation to other American Olympic greats like Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis? Does he surpass them or are they the “most dominant?”
In relation to Jesse Owens, there’s no question the [...]

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The Michael Phelps Golden Tour of China continued last night/this morning as the Golden Child from Atlantis won his sixth gold of the Beijing Olympics, this time in the 200-meter IM. Oh yeah, it was another ho-hum performance for Phelps as he broke yet another world record in the process of winning gold. [...]

While the Man from Atlantis, aka, Michael Phelps, did swim in two semi-finals last night, he wasn’t racing for gold and because of that, the United States didn’t win gold — or much of anything else for that matter — save for four bronze medals. One of them was in the 4×200 Women’s relay [...]

In sports, there is such a thing as making a statement to your opponents, but what do you call it when you go out and win your first five events in world record fashion? I don’t think the phrase “making a statement” captures the magnitude of the Michael Phelps 2008 Olympic Swimming Experience.
The words [...]