They most definitely would have skipped the second anthem had they actually shown the first one live.

What the fuck are you doin Phil

If you believe that to be true, then you’ve never had a Philly cheesesteak.

You probably should have thrown a Jon Gruden in there before the mobs come.

This reminds me of quite possibly the greatest “Choose Your Own Adventure” book ever written:

Here’s Leonidas’ dick and balls.

Doesn’t count. Everyone who is an actual fan of the Olympics knows that Leonidas is the GOAT. He didn’t have all the fancy accommodations that Olympians have now, like shoes and anti-chaffing nipple tape. Do you know what they did back then if your chaffed nips got infected? They took’em.

more like Leonidas of ‘Roids.

The point of the list isn’t to tout the US’s dominance... it’s to tout Michael Phelps’s dominance. You mention the relatively short amount of time most countries have been in the Olympics. And how some countries have only been in for 20 or so years (which would be 5 Olympic Cycles). Michael Phelps is in his 5th…

I don’t think that would be sports nationalism, so much as “I have a rival and I want to crush him directly”, a.k.a. ‘being competitive’

I am certain that he let up in the semifinal with the aim of being in the next lane to le Clos in the final, thus making the revenge that much sweeter.

That’s what a fucked up place we’ve gotten to - the idea that advocating for clean sports is outrageous.

And for all the eye-rolling this site does at hand-wringing and moral grandstanding that the sports world loves to engage in when it comes to doping, It’s hard for me not to relish King’s defeat of Efimova.

When President Trump brings all those jobs back to our shores, America will produce nothing but Chinese flags.

That’s what officials get for buying flags that were Made in China.

Du Li noted.

Nothing encourages cheating more than this casual assumption that “everyone does it.”

Careful friend, you’ll cut yourself on that edgy cynicism.

Well, that about wraps up the case, then! Good work, detective!