We’re all supposed to take inspiration from Sada Jacobson, who (I’m told) is the world’s number-one female fencer, which is kind of like being the world’s number one Real World/Road Rules Challenge participant. Everyone is going to be ecstatic about the prospect of Michael Phelps winning as many as 8 gold medals in swimming, even though I have yet to find a single person who knows who Michael Phelps is.