Archive for the 'Michael Phelps' Category

Shaq is the latest celeb to land his very own reality show!

Shaq Vs., slated to air on ABC beginning August 18th, will pit the basketball champ against some of the greatest athletes in the biz at their own game!

Shaq will be competing against Fishy Phelps in swimming, Oscar De La Hoya in boxing and Serena Williams at tennis, just to name a few.

The sports legend says he recruited quite a few athletes for the program through his infamous Twitter!

O'Neal even wants to compete against Lance Armstrong in cycling after Lance completes the Tour de France!

Shaq says that he'll be using the show as a creative means of training for his upcoming NBA season with the Cleveland Cavaliers and believes audiences will tune in because they'd be interested in seeing "an athlete play another sport."

Will U be watching?

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Bye-bye bongs and beers. Hello to a bangable body!

Michael Phelps was training hard in Italy this weekend for the 2009 World Swimming Championships. But the water wasn't the only thing with ripples.

Check him out!

He continues to be somewhat of a butterface, but we can't deny the hottness radiating from the neck down.

Keep up the good work!

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Cue the '70s porn music!

Is Fishy Phelps auditioning for a remake of Deep Throat???

The Olympic Gold-winning swimmer was sporting quite the pornstache - again! - at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix in Santa Clara, CA on Saturday afternoon.

He kinda works it. Kinda.

What do U think????

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Oh, Fishy Phelps.

You've lost your edge!

While competing in the Charlotte UltraSwim competition in North Carolina on Saturday, the Olympic gold medalist lost the 100-meter backstroke to swimmer Aaron Peirsol!

Peirsol finished the backstroke in 53.32 seconds while Phelps took a dismal 53.79 seconds to complete the 100-meter stroke.

It was the first time Phelps has lost in a year.

Bong hits can really damage a person's lung capacity!

Too bad for Fishy!

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Multiple gold medal winner and pot smoker Michael Phelps likes to get around when it comes to the ladies. Who can blame him with a hot face body like his!

And as we reported earlier, it turns out Phelps has had an on-and-off relationship with Miss USA first runner-up, Carrie Prejean, ever since last year.

During an interview with Access Hollywood's Billy Bush earlier this week, Prejean was asked about her relationship with the swimmer. To which she simply responded, “He is a great man. Wouldn't you like to know, Billy? We can talk about that a different day.”

And we thought Miss California was open and "honest" about everything. But, not to worry, we now have confirmation that Prejean is Phelp's California bootycall sorta girlfriend when he's in town.

The confirmation that the couple have been casually dating comes from Prejean's own grandmother.

Grandma Jeannette Coppolla says, "Carrie and Michael have been out to baseball games and lunch. He always calls her when he is in town and they go out.”

But is it serious?

Grandma adds, “Carrie knows that he has dated a lot of girls but she enjoys going out with him and isn't serious about being in a relationship with him. He's a nice guy and she likes him."

Wonder if Phelps is also still dating that lovely gal from Vegas too?

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Mamma Phelps is finally talking!

Debbie Phelps' upcoming memoir, A Mother for All Seasons, tackles the highs and lows of her son Michael Phelps' career littered with scandal!

Mamma Phelps' reaction to 'Bong-Gate' when her Olympic winning son was caught on camera takin' a hit of some of the good shiz?

"Déjà vu all over again," Debbie lamented.

In case you guys had forgotten, Phelps was arrested in 2004 for driving drunk when the young swimmer was only 19 years old!!

"It was unreal - like something out of a horror movie - with TV clips of jail cell doors slamming ominously shut, dooming the life and career of one golden boy turned loser," she recalled of her son's DUI.

"He actually had tried to get someone else to drive after he had a few drinks… Apparently someone in the crowd made a crack about not giving the keys to his brand-new Range Rover to someone else," Debbie revealed.

Peer pressure, eh?

Not a valid excuse!

Momma Phelps was distressed over Michael's "disappointing, uncharacteristic behavior" of the toke seen around the world, but she laid the blame on herself when it came to his arrest.

Debbie concluded, "I was sure that I could have done something to better prepare Michael to make better choices."

Don't blame yourself, honey!

Your son is not quite the "golden boy" you see him as!

Michael Phelps has sat down for his first televised interview since that little picture was seen round the world. He spoke with NBC News' Matt Lauer for the Today, airing, this Friday.

Portions of the interview have been released, and Phelps totally pussies out on answering the touch questions.

Here are some of the HIGHlight!

On how Michael found out about the bong toke seen the world:

"…It was through an e-mail form. And I had no idea really what to do. You know, I knew that I'd made a mistake and made a bad judgment. And– and, you know, I know that when you do make a mistake, you know, you're responsible for all of the consequences. And I was willing to, you know, accept the fact that I did make a mistake."

His reaction to losing numerous endorsements:

"It's not about money to me. So, you know, the– the contract side of things, yeah, I was disappointed. But, you know, I think the biggest thing is– is who I hurt the most. Like, if I lost money, okay. It's not an issue with me."

The details of the celebration where the infamous picture was snapped:

"I mean, we were just celebrating, honestly. And– you know, there was probably two or three people there I didn't know. It was a very small group. Six or seven people probably total in the whole house. Like nothing major. You know, not like a giant college house party. It was nothing like that. It was just a small group and we were just sitting around and celebrating."

How Michael feels about partaking in the green stuff:

"It was a bad mistake. I mean, we all know what, you know, what you and I are talking about. It's a stupid mistake. You know, bad judgment. And it's something that, you know, I have to, and I want to teach other people not to make that mistake."

Yawn!

Can't wait to watch him squirm in the hot seat!

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Poor Michael Phelps. He got so much negative press for his "litle" post-smoking incident.

He even got dropped by several sponsors!

And yet Chris Brown can reportedly beat up a female and Nickelodeon doesn't drop him?

As for that whole "Bong-gate", we'll finally get to hear what happened straight from the Olympic swimmer's mouth - and that funky jaw!

In his first TV interview since the photo seen ’round the world was released, Michael has decided to speak with NBC News' Matt Lauer.

The interview will air on the Today show this Friday and then again on Dateline this Sunday.

By comparison, there are so many mushc worse role models out there than Phelps. It's not like he bruised and beat up some girl!

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