Wheaties Box Cover Announced: Any Guesses?

If you said Michael Phelps, well, then you weren't paying attention to all those stories about his breakfast habits. Nope, the fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist has elected to go with calorically-charged Frosted Flakes. That means Wheaties honours fall to five-time gymnastics medalist Nastia Liukin and decathlete gold medalist Bryan Clay. So does this mean that the world's greatest athlete won't be on the Wheaties box? According to Clay, it does not:

When you’re talking about the best athlete in the world, I think it needs to be somebody that’s well rounded, that can do everything well,” Bryan told OK! magazine. “I think that’s me at this point." While Bryan's only earned one Olympic gold, compared to Michael’s career total of 14, he’ll only give the golden boy credit for “probably” being the top swimmer ever. “I just don’t think you can call him the world’s greatest athlete,” Bryan said.

Oh, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan. You think making your remarks to a British tabloid will save you from the wrath of Phelps? Expect an imminent announcement that Michael is switching disciplines for the 2012 London games. Forget the bulletin board, Clay - that quote is going straight onto an eyelid tattoo. Thanks for hanging out with us today, it has truly been a blast. Stick around tonight for Zerkle's live blog of Clemson-Alabama. We shall see you in the a.m. No Wheaties box for Phelps; Frosted Flakes instead [Freep] Two US gold medalists to be on Wheaties box [International Herald Tribune] Decathlon champ says Phelps isn't the best [MSNBC]