Classy finish, golden future
ATHENS - There's an English bulldog puppy waiting for Michael Phelps and a week at a Wyoming time share. Whether simple or elaborate, Phelps denied himself pleasure in many aspects...
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Teammates relay thanks, gold to Phelps
ATHENS - Being a fan never felt so good. As much as he has come to loom over the sport of swimming, Michael Phelps wants to be one of the...
Seeking gold standard
ATHENS -- Alexander the Great was unable to conquer the world, but his influence endures. The people here still speak of him in the present tense. Will the global village...
A reluctant prodigy
On the second Wednesday of 2004, Michael Phelps took his first solo business trip. Taking direction from a crew filming a commercial in Malibu, he splashed in the Pacific. Then...
Phelps eases load: backstroke out
LONG BEACH, Calif. - As Apollo astronauts climbed into outer space, sections of their craft would be jettisoned. When Michael Phelps returned to dry land at the end of the...
Phelps weathers storm at trials
LONG BEACH, Calif. - At 6:01 Pacific Time last evening, the public address announcer at the U.S. Olympic team trials for swimming directed the attention of 9,817 to the awards...
Heat builds on Phelps in trials today
LONG BEACH, Calif. - It may be Michael Phelps' world, but it's Aaron Peirsol's neighborhood. The youngest male members of the 2000 Olympic team were naive boys when they roomed...
Phelps’ brush with greatness
LONG BEACH, Calif. - This wasn't just another item on the full itinerary for the presumptive star of the 2004 Olympics. Next Wednesday: News conference with Cindy Crawford at 1...
Hoff takes down Olympian Beard for win in 200 IM
LONG BEACH, Calif. - For those of you keeping score at home, it's 8-5, with the rest of the U.S. leading the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Through four nights and...
Phelps rolls on with 2nd win
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Does Michael Phelps really want to look up to Ian Thorpe on the medal podium in Athens? That was the operative question after the world's most...