I can understand that the prospect of losing your title as the most decorated Olympic swimmer/athlete in single Games is traumatizing, but give it a rest.  It is no longer about you. Your feats from Munich in 1972 will live on in history as the first, but no longer the greatest.
How about giving credit where [...]

History. Greatness. Phenomenal. There is a language full of superlatives that you can use to describe Michael Phelps’ accomplishment.  The text message Michael received Wednesday morning prior to his races said it as straightforward as any single person can. The message read, “Time to be the best ever.”
But how does he do it?
“I don’t believe [...]

There is a Michael Phelps you don’t see.
Many people do not know that Phelps will typically go out of his way for the media.  He will always stop to answer questions or give a quick quote.  Yes, there are times that his schedule prevents this, but it is rare for him not to take the [...]

We’ve all seen the commercials. The ones by Citibank where you are watching some sort of nondescript video of an overweight man lying on the couch, while listening to a cheeky voice-over of a 16-year-old girl talking about what she just purchased using “her” credit card.
Funny but serious issue that identity theft thing.
But what happens [...]

What we watched this morning was perhaps the greatest race of all time.  Wait, scratch that.  It was the greatest race of all time, and I think that it is safe to say that you’ll all agree with that opinion.
But with a collective sigh we can take a deep breath and say “thank goodness for [...]

Michael Phelps is a football fan.  Everybody knows that. But somewhere along the way, Phelps became a basketball fan.
Or a LeBron James fan.
Or a Kobe Bryant fan.
“Got a text after my swim last night,” Michael said. “It said LeBron James was pretty pumped up about it.”
That would make anyone say “cool.”
But especially Michael.  Don’t believe [...]

Surprisingly there are a number of empty seats here at the Cube.  While it has certainly filled out significantly since the start of finals this morning, it is still a shock to see empty seats after all the hullabaloo about tickets selling out so quickly.
One seat is definitely taken.  That is the seat of President [...]

After much waiting, tonight swimming fans finally got what we have been waiting for since, well, the 2004 Athens Games.
The Water Cube, as it is affectionately known, is an interesting specimen.  It is a great venue, it accommodates a lot of people, and after this evening’s (almost said “this morning’s”) preliminaries, there is no denying [...]

I did not attend the opening ceremonies tonight. It was a conscious decision, not one of necessity despite the fact that had no choice regardless – I simply did not have a ticket.
I must admit though, I was being somewhat nostalgic. I have now attended three Olympic games – two as an athlete [...]

Over the years the list of storylines have been long, and this year is no different.
The expected storylines have been drawn out a multitude of times in a multitude of ways.
Sport, like real life, will play itself out over the eight days of competition. In all likelihood, many of these storylines will play out [...]