The New York Times got it right (can't remember the last time I said that!)... I happened to watch some Olympics while on the treadmill at the health club. Don't have cable but I might be able to walk or jog while these Olympic swimmers are busting it for 2 minutes, right?
Anyway, Phelps won another gold in the 200 I.M., and that was awesome, but there was another huge story in Ryan Lochte's bronze that NBC swept under the rug as if Lochte didn't even exist.
The dude swam the race just 20 minutes after winning the gold in the 200 meter backstroke by beating the heavily favored American, Aaron Peirsol, and while he wasn't able to challenge Phelps for 1st, he did battle for silver and lost that by 1/100th of a second. And the NBC studios in their lust for ratings, ignored that story completely, and rode the Phelps wave home.
Well, here's to Ryan Lochte, and it sucks you missed the silver by 1/100th of a second, and thanks to the NY Times for seeing
the story within the story.
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