Harry Kalas, Jack Buck, Your Local Newspaper And The Death Of Institutions

Usain Bolt. I'm pretty proud to live in a world where this headline marks a legitimate Associated Press story: "Report: Bolt tried weed as a kid." Holy crap! And he hasn't overdosed since then??? Another highlight: "Bild said one of its reporters met Bolt at a disco in Kingston, Jamaica, and that the sprinter drank Guinness mixed with Red Bull." What kind of message is this sending to children? (By the way, sorry I copied a whole sentence there, AP. Don't sue me!) I have no idea why anyone would want to be an Olympian. Your earning potential is capped, people walk behind you to catch and test spare urine and people freak out if you say you smoked pot 15 years ago. Whose life would you rather have: Usain Bolt's, or Matt Stairs'?