Ledecky! First Swimmer -- Not First Woman, But First Swimmer Ever -- To Win Five Straight World Titles In An Event -- June 26, 2022

From a reader: 

The online 'chatter' about this young lady is increasing in tempo as a wider recognition  of her accomplishments are rippling across the internet. 

I have said it before and I will repeat it ... 

Using the specific criteria of peer comparison, NO one has dominated like Ms. Ledecky in the entire history of sport.

Hyperbole?

What golfer has won by 10 shots every tourrnament, tennis player always winning in straight sets, race car drivers lapping runners up, boxers KO'ing every opponent in the first round, baseball players winning 10 straight MVPs?

Obviously, no one. 

World class athletes - even the immortals - compete against other, only slightly less talented, athletes. 

Katy has been SO dominant in her sport, NOT merely by consistently winning, but by beating her challengers by HUGE margins ... for years now. 

North Dakotans have every right to be immensely proud of the truly legendary accomplishments of  KL.

It's been fun to watch.  

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Right Down The Line -- Five Straight World Titles -- Right Down The Line

Right Down The Line, Gary Rafferty

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Music 

Someone recently asked, if stranded on a desert island for a year, what one album would you want to have on that island? I couldn't answer that at the time the question was asked. After a weekend of listening to music while in the pool, I have my answer: Lana Del Rey's Best.