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5-at-10: Friday mailbag with Olympic thoughts, sports for the beer-drinking Olympics, a crazy sports week

FILE - Staff members attend a rehearsal for a victory ceremony at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China on Jan. 3, 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors, who are trying to remain quiet about China's human rights record while protecting at least $1 billion they've paid to the IOC. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
FILE - Staff members attend a rehearsal for a victory ceremony at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China on Jan. 3, 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors, who are trying to remain quiet about China's human rights record while protecting at least $1 billion they've paid to the IOC. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) FILE - Staff members attend a rehearsal for a victory ceremony at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China on Jan. 3, 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors, who are trying to remain quiet about China's human rights record while protecting at least $1 billion they've paid to the IOC. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

By Jay Greeson 8 min read

To our business, because there’s a lot to cover.

Rushmore of 22 – “Catch-22,” .22 caliber, Emmitt Smith, The Double Deuce, which of course is the bar that Dalton worked at in “Road House,” which was robbed of a slew of Oscars in 1990 including best actor (Daniel Day Lewis over Patrick Swayze?), best actress (Jessica Tandy in “Driving Miss Daisy” over Kelly Lynch), supporting actor (Denzel in “Glory” over Sam Elliott – OK, that was a push) and best picture (“Driving Miss Daisy” won). And the rest of the sports 22 Rushmore after Emmitt would be Clyde Drexler, Jim Palmer and Doug Flutie at BC.

Rushmore of Nathan – Nathan’s Hot Dogs, Nathan Hale, Col. Nathan R Jessup – “You can’t handle the truth” – and Nathaniel “Tiny” Archibald. If we were combing Rushmores, we could add former Dolphins RB Tony Nathan, who wore 22 and was part of the great hook-and-lateral play in the great Dolphins-Chargers game in the playoffs in the early 80s. (Side question: How did hook-and-lateral become hook-and-ladder? Discuss.)

Rushmore of Clark – Clark W. Griswold is far left. Clark Kent makes it. So does Dick Clark and Roy Clark, if for nothing more than his great old-school hit “I Never Picked Cotton.” If we were going to combine Rushmores again, Will Clark – and even Jack Clark – wore 22.

Rushmore of soap – Soap Opera, “Soap” – the TV show that was light years ahead of its time, the bar of LIfebouy that Ralphie has to eat in “A Christmas Story,” and soap box derby.