Five-ring circus: The Thread of the XXXIII Olympiad

I’ve got to think that if a certain Baltimorean had any interest in the job, Rowdy would be out on his ear but his role in all those 2004, 8, 12 and 16 moments probably ensures there aren’t many others who could take the job.

 

He has done TV and was absolutely awful.

 

Nic Fink swam for Georgia and got a grad degree from Georgia Tech. I didn’t know that was legal.

 

Even the saltiest Dawg will acknowledge that if you get out of Tech with a degree, you have put in some by God work.

 

I like Rowdy Gaines and have always liked him.

 

A dollar spent on a non-revenue sport is a dollar not spent on football or basketball. Would not shock me to see things like golf, lacrosse, volleyball etc. go into bake sale mode if that school isn’t a consistent Top 10 power in the sport, maybe even Top 5.

 

Bizarre that most of the synchronized diving pairs have dissimilar body types.

 

I’m not surprised. (I feel like I should remember that.) I feel like, both from about 2013-15 and from 2017-present, there has been a lot of evidence that Michael Phelps has the skills and motivation for exactly one thing, which he no longer does anymore. To some degree it is an indictment of our American sports hero worship culture. He's never gonna have to work a day for the rest of his life, I just hope he finds something that is fulfilling and is able to grow as a person.

Yes, but Title IX still applies. So schools are going to have the (mostly male) athletes they have to pay and the (probably mostly female) athletes they pay to have. The non-revenue male athletes get dicked, but that's been the case for 30 years now, and universities will probably only exacerbate the arms race because 1. freedom of movement immediately penalizes anyone who falls behind and 2. schools will be desperate to bolster the parts of their budgets that actually create revenue.

 

https://twitter.com/UniWatch/status/1803074545550610829

The tl;dr:

Opening Ceremony: Pretty classic blue blazer, but with jeans?
Closing Ceremony: Umm, you guys know Le Mans was last weekend, right?

 

At first glance, I honestly thought those were retro "USAC" racing jackets from the 1970s. United States Auto Club ran open-wheel racing (Indianapolis 500, etc.) for anyone not into racing.

 

All's well that ends well but the national TV proposal to someone who just exerted themselves at a world class level and finished second is quite the risk even before we mention how sheer that suit is appearing on TV.