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NEWS ABOUT: Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps stories: 90 news summaries

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Phelps' Bond With Dad
Hardly Golden

Pop a Beijing no-show; Mike's also getting no love from Beard

Aug 20, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps’ estranged dad, who’s had a peripheral role in the swimming sensation’s life since divorcing his mom when the boy was 9, has not contacted his son once during the Olympics, Fred Phelps tells the New York Post. "He's so busy, I'm sure not even his... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • celebrity • Fred Phelps • Amanda Beard

ANALYSIS

 NBC's
 Olympic
 Ratings:
 Gold

Phelps' record-breaking swim is highlight of network's bonanza

Aug 20, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC’s Olympic coverage smashed the competition last week, in what Variety suggests could be the most decisive rout in television history. Viewership was buoyed by Michael Phelps’ record-breaking gold-medal performance Saturday; in addition, NBC’s various networks reached a staggering 83% of the US. The margins were the biggest... More »

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NBC • Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nielsen Ratings • demographics • TV ratings • viewership

Phelps Pulls a Spitz on Sports Illustrated Cover

Swimmer mimics iconic shot of Olympian whose record he broke

Aug 19, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps now has "the picture" to match his record Olympic medal haul, the New York Daily News reports. Sports Illustrated features a grinning, medal-clad, bare-chested Phelps on the cover of its issue out tomorrow, a shot that mimics the mag's iconic 1972 photo of Mark Spitz. "This... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • Sports Illustrated • Mark Spitz

Phelps' Quest for the Gold Is
Just Beginning

Marketing the Olympic swimming star could bring $100M

Aug 18, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even before Michael Phelps dove into the pool in pursuit of his eighth gold medal, another epic task had begun: Turning the swimming star into a marketing icon. By the time he’d collected his final piece of gold—along with a $1 million bonus from Speedo—the 23-year-old... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nike • endorsement • gold medal • Speedo

OPINION

 How Phelps Saved the Games

Swimmer inspired America to love the games again

Aug 18, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the Chinese invented organized sports 6,000 years ago, writes Pat Forde on ESPN.com, then how appropriate that Michael Phelps came to Beijing to prove he was “the apotheosis of the athlete.” And America knows it. In a year when the Olympics had become “passe,... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal • USA Swimming • Mark Spitz

OPINION

 Phelps' Quest
 Perfectly American

Swimmer balanced domination with near-misses

Aug 17, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps’ quest for eight gold medals was a perfect sports story for America: we like our athletes to either dominate or come from behind at the last minute, and Phelps delivered on both counts. He was both “the juggernaut and the ninth-inning home run with two outs and... More »

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Michael Phelps • United States • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • USA Swimming

OLYMPICS

 8 Golds:
 Phelps 
 Makes
 History


Aug 16, 08 10:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps swam into history today by picking up his 8th gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, NBC reports. Phelps swam the third leg of the men's 4x100 medley—yes, another world record—to trump Mark Spitz's record of 7 medals set more than three decades ago. "I'm more... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gold medal • USA Swimming

opinion

 Defining Olympic Moment?
 Phelps By a Hair


Aug 16, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, if Michael Phelps wins his eighth Olympic gold, as he’s expected to do in the men’s relay, all eyes will be on him. And we’ll wonder (even more) if he’s all human or part-fish. But the Olympics' "defining fabulous moment" has already passed, writes... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gold medal • USA Swimming • controversy • Olympics • Milorad Cavic

olympics

 Phelps Ties Spitz With 7 Golds 


Aug 15, 08 9:41 PM CDT
(AP) - Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic of Serbia by the thinnest of margins to win the 100-meter butterfly yesterday, tying Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps, seemingly destined for second at the finish, somehow touched the wall first, a scant .01 seconds ahead of Cavic.... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal

olympics


 Phelps: Great,
 or Greatest? 

The debate rages on

Aug 15, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone agrees that Michael Phelps is one of the greatest Olympians ever—but is he the greatest? It’s become a hot topic of debate in Beijing, the New York Times reports. Phelps stands alone in the gold medal column, but swimming hands out a lot of medals,... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • history • Olympic athletes

 Phelps Grabs Gold No. 6


Aug 14, 08 9:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six for six. Michael Phelps swam to another gold medal with an easy win in the 200 individual medley, the AP reports. Phelps, who continued his perfect streak of world records, beat Hungary's Laszlo Czeh (silver) and fellow American Ryan Lochte (bronze). He's got two races remaining to set a... More »

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Michael Phelps • Team USA • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gold medal • USA Swimming

olympics

 Federer Falls to Blake

Phelps eases into butterfly semis

Aug 14, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Federer’s lackluster year continued today, as American James Blake knocked him out of the Olympics, 6-4, 7-6 (2), ESPN reports. Blake had won just a single set against the once-invincible Federer in their previous eight meetings. The women’s side also saw big upsets, with Serena Williams falling... More »

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Michael Phelps • Roger Federer • tennis • James Blake • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Serena Williams

OLYMPICS

Phelps' Winning Personality
Separates Him From Spitz

Golden-boy swimmers are only similar in the pool

Aug 14, 08 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps has passed Mark Spitz's record number of career gold medals, and is dead set on eclipsing the seven golds Spitz won in Munich in 1972. But apart from their metal preferences the two men are very different people, observes the New York Times. The detached Spitz matched his... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • gold medal • Olympic athletes • Mark Spitz

OLYMPICS

Gold-Mining Phelps Eats
12K Calories a Day

Olympic swimmer gorges on 4K calories at each meal

Aug 13, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps gorges on 12,000 calories a day—pounds of pasta, trios of fried-egg sandwiches, and an entire pizza—to keep his body fueled for his gold medal performances, reports the New York Post. "Eat, sleep, and swim. That's all I can do," said Phelps,... More »

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food • Michael Phelps • diet • 2008 Beijing Olympics • calories

OLYMPICS

 The Greatest
 Athlete of His
 Generation?


Phelps' sport is underappreciated

Aug 13, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - With his 10th and 11th gold medals making him the most decorated Olympian in history, Michael Phelps is also arguably the greatest American athlete of his generation, writes Alan Abrahamson of NBC. And despite the Olympic hype, he’s underappreciated. That's because his sport is not, say, golf, but swimming,... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • USA Swimming

updated

 Phelps Makes History: 11 Golds 


Aug 12, 08 9:23 PM CDT
(AP) - Michael Phelps now has more gold medals than any athlete who's ever competed in the Olympics. The 23-year-old American swimmer won his fourth and fifth golds of the Beijing Games with world-record victories in the 200 butterfly and the 4x200 relay. He now has 11 gold medals in his career,... More »

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Michael Phelps • Team USA • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gold medal • USA Swimming

OLYMPICS

 Phelps'
 Victory Dance:
 It's Evolutionary

All primates share body language of pride, shame: researchers

Aug 12, 08 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The classic chest-out, arms-outstretched victory dance Olympic champ Michael Phelps performed after Sunday's 4-x-100 relay final is older than humanity, the LA Times reports. The same display of pride is instinctive to all primates, researchers say, and the body language of victory and defeat is rooted in the age-old need... More »

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evolution • Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • dance • monkey • primates • Olympics

OLYMPICS

 Phelps Nails
 3rd Gold,
 New Record

Swimmer smashes 200-meter freestyle record, matches Spitz in career medals

Aug 12, 08 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps racked a third gold medal today, this one in the 200-meter freestyle, and obliterated another world record in the process. His time of 1:42.96 seconds shaved nearly a full second off his previous best, reports the Baltimore Sun. The gold, his ninth overall, ties him with... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal

OLYMPICS

Phelps Seeks Redemption for '04 Athens Loss

Olympian favored in 200-meter freestyle, on track for 8 medals

Aug 11, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps is gunning for a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games, but the one that would mean the most is in the 200-meter freestyle, his hometown Baltimore Sun reports. He insisted on competing in the event at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and it was the only individual... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • Ian Thorpe

 US Freestyle Team
 Grabs Gold by a Fingertip

Phelps inches closer to eight gold medals

Aug 11, 08 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jason Lezak pulled ahead in the final moments of the 400-meter freestyle relay to win a gold for the US men’s swimming team and push Michael Phelps one step closer to a record eight golds, ESPN reports. Lezak, 32, swam the fastest leg in history—46.06 seconds—finishing... More »

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Michael Phelps • France • United States • swimming • gold medal

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