The Sports Page -- August 31, 2022

Dr Pepper ads: best thing about a new football season. At eight seconds, priceless, or maybe at fifty-two seconds:

PGA: watch the "Golf Channel" if you want to "understand" LIV. I keep flip-flopping on this issue, but the more you know, the more you know the LIV is Saudi. And 911. And Khashoggi. and MsB.

Katie Ledecky:

• "Just Been On Fire": Michael Phelps reacts too Katie Ledecky dethroning him in the swimming world. Link here. A real gentleman.
• the four best Katie Ledecky swimming records as of 2022, link here, from August 13, 2022:

From the second link:

Few swimmers have completely stood above their peers like Katie Ledecky. 

She is perhaps the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time, holding countless records and routinely dominating competitions. 

At the Phillips 66 USA National Swimming Championships 2022, Ledecky did not perform her best in one event, but still managed to beat her opponents by nearly 20 seconds.

All her records are impressive, and they showcase just how incredible Katie Ledecky really is. However, they do not always stand the test of time, as the champion has broken her own records multiple times.

A look at four of the best swimming records that Katie Ledecky currently holds:

• 800-meter freestyle world record, 2013;
• debuted at the 2012 London Olympics
• new 800-metre freestyle world record in 2016;
• shattered the 400-meter freestyle record at the 2016 Olympics:
• Katie's stunning total medals record:
• June, 2022: her 21st career World Swimming Championship medal;
• that 21st medal broke the tie she had with another legendary swimmer, Natalie Coughlin;
• with 21 medals, Katie trails only Michael Phelps (33) and Ryan Lochte (27)
• at age 25, Katie could catch Lochte, but unlikelhy to catch Michael Phelps