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...stretch? Perhaps, though it's mathematically impossible for a sprinter to win 8 golds. But like Phelps, the 6 ft. 5-in. Bolt keeps you in your seat. Start with the pre-race ritual. As the loudspeaker blared military music during introductions, Bolt, who turned 22 just hours after his race, was far from standing at attention. He slapped his chest, shimmied and smiled. He pointed to the 91,000 fans in the Bird's Nest...
...amazing Bolt can move at all come race-time. His pre-race diet would seem rather detrimental. On the day of the 100m, Bolt said he had only eaten two helpings of Chicken McNuggets all day. It's not a nutritionist's dream selection. But why mess with the routine? "My masseuse bought my nuggets, of course," says Bolt of his intake on Wednesday. "I'm serious. He bought my nuggets, because I didn't really want to go to the cafeteria. I came straight to the track and my masseuse again bought me more nuggets. And I just...
...pre-game routine was also kind of nuts. "I woke up at 11, then I had lunch," Bolt says. "Some nuggets," he says. Yes, the greasy McDonald's kind. "And then I pretty much went back to my room, and slept again, for like two hours. Then I went back, got some more nuggets." It's the breakfast, lunch and dinner of champions...
...comes Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and it's just fine. Not great; just fine - a breezy roundelay about pretty people finding lust with improper strangers. It is also the kind of movie that isn't made much anymore, which makes the movie seem rare, perhaps precious. So a pre-mortem revaluation of Allen has begun. In the New York Times, Manohla Dargis wrote of "his recent creative resurrection," which would mean she values (and now I have to mention them) Scoop and Cassandra's Dream more highly than reason allows. I like the new movie, within reason; the question that nags...
...sports, putting on a uniform is a kind of pre-game ritual, be it strapping on the pads, lacing up spikes, or slamming on a fierce-looking helmet. In competitive swimming, that was never the case; how long could it possibly take to get into a bathing suit? But with the advent of a new generation of racing suits, swimmers now spend inordinate amounts of time hopping around half-naked trying to put on a suit that could fit a 12-year...