A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

EDDIE FEIGNER SADDENED: Still catching up on last week's stories, and can we agree that it's nonsense that golf will become an Olympic sport? Really. For reasons previously stated, this is unnecessary, especially with women's softball on the outside again. At least rugby made it, and with that, I'll gratuitiously add Isaac's comment of fifty-one weeks ago:

Squash would be great. We never really get a chance to see whether our rich people are as good as the rich people of other nations, except in Olympic sailing, kayak, dressage, eventing, equestrian jumping, fencing, rowing, and skiing, plus the Ryder and Davis cups.

One year ago today on the blog: we wonder about Michael Phelps' post-Beijing career. The word "Swimkata" is invoked. Two years ago today, while we're at it: four square makes a comeback, and three -- yes, already three years ago today, America finds out what happens when you put monkey-fighting snakes on a Monday-to-Friday plane.