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Racing in an old-style swimsuit and with little practice, Michael Phelps didn't join the swimmers in high-tech suits who went on a world record binge at two short-course World Cup meets this week.
Michael Phelps plans to wear the old-style swimsuit that will become the standard next year at the upcoming European World Cup meet in Stockholm.
Speedo is extending its contract with swimming superstar Michael Phelps through 2013.
Swimmer Michael Phelps is still nursing a sore ankle from the car accident he was in Thursday, but the Olympic gold medalist intends to resume training Monday.
Michael Phelps will skip a chance to meet with Pope Benedict XVI, preferring to rest up for his final individual race of the world championships.
Michael Phelps has the second-fastest time in morning heats for the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships
Michael Phelps already took down Mark Spitz. The record-breaking Olympian can't wait to take on Shaq.
Michael Phelps stumbled through his answer, struggling to put the words together, and finally offered up an apology.
Two Chinese swimmers stood and stared in awe. Photographers snapped away.
Michael Phelps has somehow slipped under the radar while preparing for the world championships.
Michael Phelps withdrew from the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. national championships Friday because of a sore neck.
A volley winner, and it was over. After a handshake with his beaten rival, Andre Agassi, the singles king Pete Sampras kissed his wife, the actress Bridgette Wilson, who was pregnant with the first of the couple's two children. Sampras had cause to celebrate after what would be his final professional match: He had just added to his record with a 14th Grand Slam men's singles title at the 2002 U.S. Open.
Nearly a year after his record Olympics, Michael Phelps still sells.
Michael Phelps swept both events he entered at the Canada Cup, though he gave himself a split decision on his performance in his last two races leading up to next month's U.S. nationals.
Michael Phelps has picked up a new endorsement since his three-month suspension ended.
Michael Phelps has descended from the mountains of Colorado still stinging from two recent losses in the pool.
Michael Phelps made his return to the pool Friday, finishing second in his 200m freestyle heat at the U.S. Grand Prix event in Charlotte, N.C. It is Phelps' first competition since Beijing.
Michael Phelps heard all the jokes, dealt with all the criticism, read all the tabloid reports about his supposed party-boy lifestyle.
Michael Phelps is following up his record performance at the Beijing Olympics by changing some of the swimming technique that carried him to eight gold medals.
Michael Phelps woke up four Sundays ago and decided he wanted to keep swimming.
MSNBC anchor in Twitter fight with anti-gay church that picketed Obama kids' schoolThe Westboro Baptist Church is telling the Obama daughters that God is their "enemy."
Morning in America Means a "Long Slog" as Phelps Eyes Recovery The divergence emerged after the Commerce Department said July 31 the economy has now contracted the most since the 1940s.
At the 200m freestyle event of the World Championships at Rome, Michael Phelps touched the finish wall almost a body length behind Biedermann who proved to be a bogeyman for the eight gold medals winning Olympic record holder.
Michael Phelps vows not to swim until supersuits are bannedThe chaos over the controversial "supersuits" that has engulfed swimming yesterday continued as Michael Phelps suffered his first defeat in five years in the 200m freestyle just after the world governing body announced it would ban the costumes.
Down goes Michael: Phelps beat in 200m free, first loss since '05 - Fourth-... - Olympics - Yahoo! SportsFor the first time in four years, Michael Phelps touched the wall second at a major international competition. And it was his swimsuit that did him in.
Michael Phelps Threesome with Stripper Theresa White News of the World reports stripper Theresa White (25) had a threesome with Michael Phelps after she suggested it. White says Phelps picked another girl to join them.
Is Westboro Baptist Church (the God Hates Fags Phelps Clan) Planning A Jonestown?BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST TIME TO LEAVE…THAT'S WHY DUMMY! We are particularly urgent about it, because the time is shortly to come when we will grant you your wicked wish, Doomed america! Let us see how that is shortly now to play out, my angry little sodomite-loving friends.
Westboro Baptist Church Protests at Cambridge School: 500+ Counterprotest Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church kicked off their weeklong Boston area tour today with a visit to Cambridge's only public high school.
Anti-gay Westboro Baptist "preachers" banned from UKTwo American hate preachers have been banned from entering the UK where they planned to picket a play by a gay youth group, the Home Office said today.
Apologies are a funny thing. Some are accepted and some aren't. Certain apologies are accepted by some, and not others. We have seen and heard a lot of apologies in the past few weeks.
Mazda Has Michael Phelps Apologize to ChinaAt the behest of a sponsor, Michael Phelps has recorded a video apology to the people of China, expressing his remorse over the recently published pictures of him using a marijuana pipe and thanking them for their support and forgiveness.
Uncle Jay Explains The StimulusUncle Jay takes the news each week and explains it so children of all ages can understand it. This week is one of his best!
Reefer Madness -- The Michael Phelps Witch Hunt Gets SurrealEarlier this week, Jacob Sullum noted that the Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff's Department went out and arrested eight people on marijuana charges allegedly associated with the now-famous bong photo of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.
Former Seattle police chief to Phelps' defenseNEW YORK - Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper has joined legions of legalize-marijuana advocates who are slamming the Kellogg Co. for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe.
Kellogg's Faces Pro-Phelps BacklashKellogg's decision to drop Michael Phelps' sponsorship deal has created an angry wave of would-be cereal killers, the Baltimore Sun reports.
Pot activist organizations call for Kellogg boycottPot activists aren't taking Kellogg's very public snub of Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps lightly: four different national organizations are calling for a ban of all of the cereal and snack company's products – and asking their members to contact Kellogg with complaint …
Eight arrested in link to Phelps bong incident A Columbia, S.C., television station reports that eight people have been arrested after a photograph surfaced of Olympic star Michael Phelps smoking what looks like a bong. WIS-TV says seven people have been charged with drug possession and one person with distribution.
(UPDATE 2/11/2009: An article posted at notes that hemp-friendly Seattle Chief of Police Gil Kerlikowske has apparently been offered the helm of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, more commonly known as the "drug czar." Drop by …
World's top swimmer Michael Phelps was suspended from competition for three months because of a photo showing him inhaling from a marijuana pipe.
You tell us: How serious is Michael Phelps' admitted marijuana use? - Breaking news - Belleville News-DemocratHow serious is Michael Phelps' admitted marijuana use? Does it damage his Olympic standing? Does it hurt how you see him or will remember him? Will his endorsements go away?
Why Firing Phelps Might Cost Kellogg More CustomersNo one gives a damn. In fact, they are more likely to lose customers than gain them by making such a public display of their displeasure.
The Stranger | Slog | SNL on Michael PhelpsClip from SNL, Seth Meyers/ REally?/Michael Phelps. Very funny and he makes some validpoints.
Phelps Cut Him Some Slack Michael Phelps' public excoriation has the sound and feel of Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid. I can almost hear her tapping into our puritanical inclinations by declaring, "Smoking marijuana isn't being an American like you and me."
Phelps Needs Less Idle Time, Not More They got it backward with Michael Phelps. They suspended him from competition for three months, which means he now has more time to wander into parties and hold interesting-looking objects up to his face and say, "Hey, dude, what's this?"
Truly, someone prominent in our society needs to stand up and say to Michael Phelps, on behalf of all of us: "Thank you."
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