Michael Phelps’ 14 career Olympic gold medals is an incredible accomplishment.. for a swimmer!!!    Phelps should be regarded as the great swimmer ever, no doubt about that.  Lets not make Phelps the greatest athlete or Olympian ever.  He is not even close.

Not to take anything away from swimming, but dominating track and field is much more difficult.  Its is not uncommon for Olympic swimmers to take home 4 or more medals in a single Olympic games.   How often does a track and field athlete win 2 or more medals in a single Olympics games?  How often are world records broken in track and field?  Its is very uncommon and exteremly difficult to win multiple gold mdeals in track and field because very few related events that an athlete can train for simultaneously and fewer relay opportunities. 

Personally, I find Carl Lewis’ 9 career Olympic gold medals and 4 in the 1984 Olympic games an even greater accomplishment to the 8 gold medals by Phelps at the 2008 Olympics.  Lewis won his 9 gold medals during an Olympic career that spanned over 4 Olympic Games.  Lewis won a single event, the Long Jump in 4 straight Olympic Games.  Roughly,  that is 12 years of performance at a very high level.  I would like to see a swimmer accomplish that same feat.    No swimmer has won the same event over 3 Olympic games. 

Its unfortunate that Carl Lewis has never received the appreciation of his accomplishments.   Lets see how dominating Micheal Phelps is at the 2012 Olympics.  In the meantime, Carl Lewis is still the greatest Olympic athlete ever.

This is unbelieveable that the Spanish national basketball team would take a photo like this with a racist pose.    The Olympics are being held in Beijing, China.   Many of these players play in the NBA and play against Yao Ming.  They should know better.  There is nothing funny about this photo.   I hope these racists get butt-kicking they deserve in the Olympics.

Dwain Chambers was involved in the infamous BALCO scandal which involved many top athletes.  In 2003,  Chambers failed a drug test for THG.  Chambers was suspended from competition for 2 years.  

In 2006, Chambers returned to the track with much success.  In fact, Chambers has run an  Olympic qualifying time in the 100 meters and is now one of the best sprinters from the UK.  The British Olympic Association has a rule of a lifetime ban on any athlete that fails a drug test.  This penalty is harsher than they receive from the IAAF.  Chambers is now taking his appeal to the highest court in Britain.    Unless Chambers wins his appeal, the best UK sprinter will not be allowed to compete in the Olympic Trials  to earn a spot on the 2008 Olympic Team. 

Chambers has paid his dues, served his 2-year suspension and should be allowed to compete in the Olympic Trials.    Everyone deserves a second chance to redeem themselves.  Chambers is no different.

After reviewing the end of game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, the NBA announced that Derek Fisher should have been called for a foul when he landed on Brent Barry.  Firstly, why did the NBA even bother to review the play and wat did they expect to gain out of this?  This only angers the Spurs fans who are crying foul over losing game 4 at home and put the spotlight back on referees for the rest of the playoffs. 

As a Lakers fan, I was happy to see the Lakers win and I am all for making the team win the game at the end instead of a ticky-tack foul.  On this play, there was too much contact for a no-call. 

Oh well, the refs blew that call, but they also blew many other calls in the game.  The NBA ought to be happy since no one wants to see the San Antonio Spurs back in the finals and have poor ratings. 

In a dramatic penalty shootout, Manchester United wins the Champions League Final in penalty kicks.  Overall, a great game which you hate to see decided on penalty kicks. 

For a Champions League final (aka the Super Bowl of soccer), why was the turf in such crappy shape.  Players were slipping like crazy.  No excuse for this. 

Didier Drogba was sent off late for giving Carlos Tevez a little love slap.  What an idiot.  Drogba should know better.

Last but not least, John Terry.  This guy gets paid over $100,000 a week at Chelsea and he misses the most important kick of his life that would have won the Champions League.  This guy is so overrated.  Big time players step up and make big plays.  Clearly, Chelsea is paying this guy way too much money to miss critical PKs and be injured as often as he has been.  England ought to consider leaving Terry off their national team as he clearly cannot be relied on when it counts.