Michael Phelps

Alan "Human Fish" Ford, Top Freestyler in 1940s, Is Dead at 84 -- Broke "Tarzan's" Record

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:52 AM EST Thirty-six years before Michael Phelps, in a Beijing swimming pool, became the standard-bearer for how fast a human being could move through the water, there was Mark...

ABC updates: Barbara Walters unfurling "Fascinating" formula; "Boston Legal" ending; "According...

Programming updates from Disney-owned ABC: But first, a joke, courtesy of Seth Meyers of "Saturday Night Live." "Will Smith, Tom Cruise and Rush Limbaugh are among Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008. Which...

Universal Sports Interviews Natalie Coughlin

LOS ANGELES, California, November 17. U.S. Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who won six medals - including a gold - in Beijing, recently sat down with Universal Sports for an exclusive interview befo...

Nastia Liukin's Healthy Living and Diet Tips

The 2008 Olympic Games came and went as quickly as Michael Phelps won his 100 meter butterfly race, and for many of us, a small dose of Olympics withdrawal followed the closing ceremony. Shape seems to have known how much...

Rev Run Wants Your Shoe Designs

Written by Tim Saunders Run DMC co-founder Joseph Simmons – AKA Rev Run – recently hosted a charity event in New York for Soles4Souls. The 44-year-old younger brother of Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons has partnered his shoe...

"Throwing It Out There": the NFL's Top Defender

The Force to Be Reckoned With Monday, November 17, 2008; Page E02 We're more than halfway through the NFL season, so it's time to come to some rash conclusions. This is the kind of figure who inspires Chuck Norris-type legends:...

FILM/TV BITS: Walters' 'Most Fascinating'; Fishburne's 'CSI' gig; TomKat hearts Jada.

*Will Smith lands a spot on Barbara Walters' new "10 Most Fascinating People" list, alongside his homie Tom Cruise, Tina Fey, Miley Cyrus, Michael Phelps and actor Frank Langella. Walters' pick for the Most Fascinating Person...

A potential reading list for sports fans

Alonzo Mourning was the tallest author at the Miami Book Fair on Sunday. Mourning came downtown to sign copies of his new biography, Resilience, in which he writes with typical Zo passion and bluntness about his difficult...

Morning Swim Show: Retro Look at 2006 Golden Goggles Award

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 17. HOST Brent Rutemiller, dressed in his tuxedo, awaits the start of this evening's Golden Goggles Award's dinner and presentations in New York City by looking back at the...

Running downhill is easier, the Michael Phelps fish [Singlebarbed]

Salmon smolts in dammed rivers have a higher survival rate than a free flowing watershed? Surprisingly, smolts fared just as well negotiating the heavily dammed Columbia as they did going down the free-flowing Fraser. Comparing...