LONDON — I'll try to be civil because the young man I'm debating (now seasoned with an Olympic-salt-and-pepper beard) also is named Rick. It's a good name. Pity some Ricks need logic help. To wit, Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian. Ever. Shall we start with facts? Phelps has more Olympic medals than anyone, in any sport, no matter how far back you want to go. Daigoras of Rhodes, a bad-ass boxer, and his tough sons Akusilaos and Damagetos, boxers and pankration stars, were all the rage in the fifth century BC. But there is no evidence they won as many medals as Phelps, as a family. Zeus, in whose honor the Games were begun, threw a lot of long-distance darts when displeased, but he was...
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