The latest from Beijing!

Smog?

Check.

Suppression of free speech?

Check.

The world's longest wall?

Check.

As previously, stated, the 2008 Summer Olympics have been a welcomed diversion. The grind of major league baseball and the worthless coverage of football camps are nothing compared to the highest levels of handball, water polo, skeet shooting, basketball, field hockey, soccer, table tennis, fencing and all-things-equestrian.

Fortunately the Michael Phelps hysteria has subsided.

Lately we're getting a load of the sprinter, Usain Bolt from Jamaica. The only person on the planet with faster muscle-response is the Micro-Machines spokesman.

How's that for a dated reference?

Anyway, I'm a little put-off by the "letting up" from Bolt. I guess no one is ever going to know exactly how fast this guy is.

I'm not sure when it happened, but apparently show-boating has made its way to international sprinting. That's great. As if we don't get to witness enough horseshit from the great athletes of the world in the U.S these days.

I hate to sound like an old man, but "act like you've been there before" is pretty much lost on society at this point, isn't it?

OLD MAN ALERT! OLD MAN ALERT! WHERE'S MY HORSE AND BUGGY!

Of course, ESPN has to glam-on to the success of Usain Bolt by asking if he could play wide receiver in the NFL.

The answer to that question? In a word, NO.

I heard Mark Schlereth from ESPN explain tonight how running down a track at top speed is completely different from playing football. For once, the pride of Idaho is correct.

By the way, if I'm U-Bolt, why wouldn't I just make a bunch of money in Europe running and beating everyone on the planet? Why waste my time potentially getting hurt playing pro football in America?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, NFL football is one of the worst gigs you can possible get into when it comes to pro sports. If you can make it doing absolutely anything else, DO SO.

As for Usain Bolt, the guy is going to make nice money when it comes to endorsements following the Olympics. Getting slammed into by some scrub trying to make the Arizona Cardinals is probably not the best use of your talent if you're a Jamaican sprinter.