“Sports Illustrated” announced their Sportsman of the Year this morning and it’s, who else but, Olympian Michael Phelps. The 23-year-old winner of eight Gold Medals in Beijing is the first swimmer to be so honored by the venerable magazine. “Sports Illustrated” editor, Terry McDonell called the selection of Phelps “the easiest choice I have made.”
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Katie Hoff, who failed to live up to the hype surrounding her at the Beijing Olympic Games, has announced that she will be training under Michael Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman in the future. The 19-year-old fellow Baltimore native earned two Bronze Medals and one Silver Medal in Beijing–no small achievment, but was overshadowed by her […]
Michael Phelps returned to the University of Michigan over the weekend, the school he attended between 2004 and 2008 and where he trained leading up to the Beijing Olympics. Phelps was honored with other Michigan Olympians during halftime at the Michigan-Wisconsin Game on Saturday.
Phelps was also named the USA’s Swimming Athlete of the Year this […]
This spoof by Jimmy Kimmel placing Michael Phelps on the hit ABC show “Grey’s Anatomy” is vaguely “wrong,” but oh so funny…particularly if you’re a “Grey’s” fan like I am. Take a look and meet Dr. McSwimmy:
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Olympian sighting continue around the United States. Friday, US Olympic swimmers, Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, and Ryan Lochte tour the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. They were guests of Warnaco, the parent company of Speedo, for whom the trio are spokespersons.
Phelps won a record eight Gold Medals at the Beijing Games in […]
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Michael Phelps continues his whirlwind, post-Olympics promotional tour around the United States. Poor guy: he hasn’t even been home to Baltimore since Beijing. Last Sunday he talked with music stars and presented at MTV’s Video Music Awards in Hollywood. I think he could have done a little better with his […]
More from the Oprah Olympic show, here is Michael Phelps and his mother, Debbie talking with Oprah. Oprah said that of all of the people on the Olympic show, the one she most wanted to walk with was Debbie Phelps. Here’s a little of what they had to say:
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When Oprah Winfrey calls; people listen…including more than 175 US medalists from the 2008 Beijing Games. They will be the subject of her season premiere which airs on Monday, September 8. It promises to be a good show. Among those featured are Michael Phelps, Dara Torres (pictured with Oprah above), Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, […]
Oprah Winfrey hosted 150 US Olympians for the taping of her season premiere yesterday in Chicago’s Millenium Park. She invited the whole team and most were able to attend, including Michael Phelps, Dara Torres, Shawn Johnson, and Nastia Liukin. Also on hand was Chicago’s Mayor, Richard Daley. He and Winfrey made clear their hopes […]
Michael Phelps accepted a check for $1,000,000 from sponsor Speedo, who had pledged the amount if Phelps met or exceeded at the Beijing Games Mark Spitz’s record seven Gold Medals. Phelp stated that he intended to use the money to set up a foundation. Said Phelps, “(after winning eight Gold Medals in Beijing) my goals […]
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