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Contemplating the media presence of Michael Phelps.
Contemplating the media presence of Michael Phelps.
Earlier this week, in the immediate wake of Michael Phelps' gold rush, Today host Matt Lauer sat the swimmer down for a chat. This was a conversation between a newsreader recently named to the International Best-Dressed List and an athlete so single-minded in his pusuit of greatness that he never fails, when wearing anything other than a swimsuit, to look notably awful. All the American media ...
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Michael Phelps Too Naive To Cash In On Stardom?
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Introducing The Smart Look For Back To School [Beijing Olympics]
Deadspin — Notice to any women who are hoping for hot multiple gold medal sex with a certain big-eared swimmer in the coming weeks; Michael Phelps' sperm are not to be trifled with. As this T-shirt by The Hotness Factory clearly illustrates, his boys can swim; they are pretty much the Navy Seals of spermatozoa, so don't harbor any illusions. This means you, Lohan. Meanwhile, Troy Patterson of Slate seems to think that none of the above will be relevant, at least anytime soon. That Phelps cannot dress himself is part of his gentle charm. He is not ...

MICHAEL PHELPS IS POPULAR, OR NOT
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... SLATE HATES AMERICA -- In a move surprising no one, the people at Slate have taken an idiotic contrarian position, then dressed it up in big words.  Troy Patterson has a problem with Phelps wearing flip-flops and not using fancy words like he can: "Elsewhere on NBC, looking like crap opposite Brian Williams—we could see up Phelps' shorts as far as the upper thigh—the well-trained golden boy resisted committing to a presidential candidate: 'Ah, ah, dn, dah—I'm I'm not getting into either side. ... Y'know, personally I ...

Michael Phelps To Host Season Premiere Of Saturday Night Live On September 13th
FanIQ Blog — ... medals and had even more fun writing about him hooking up with Stephanie Rice to potentially produce a race of superhuman aquapeople. But, I have to be honest here, I think this next piece of news may be a bad move on Phelps's part. Phelps is scheduled to kick off the season premiere of Saturday Night Live on September 13th. Now, the reason I think this might not be the best of ideas is that, well, have you seen any of his interviews? I'll let Troy Patterson of Slate explain: ...

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