Projo Offbeat Blog

We Patriots fans grew tired of seeing Eli Manning's smiling face after this winter's heart-breaking Super Bowl loss, and I'm guessing that some of Michael Phelps' competitors -- and their fans -- are also tiring of seeing Phelps swimming and smiling his way through a record-breaking gold medal run.

Phelps' mug has been difficult for anyone -- swimmer or not -- to avoid lately. Watching the Olympics the other night, my brother Brian, who is also an avid Patriots fan although he now lives on the West Coast, noted the similarity between Phelps and Manning.

I think he's right, but maybe we're both just haunted by images of images of Eli.

 Tags  Eli Manning Michael Phelps

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