Read more USA Swimming stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30175/usa-swimming.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:29:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66877/phelps-unhurt-in-car-crash-other-driver-shaken-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Phelps was uninjured after the car he was driving collided with another vehicle in Baltimore tonight. The female driver of a Honda Accord was "shaken up" and taken to a hospital as a precaution. Two passengers in Phelps' Cadillac Escalade were unhurt. A police spokesman says Phelps has been...http://www.newser.com/story/66877/phelps-unhurt-in-car-crash-other-driver-shaken-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 23:31:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65535/swimmer-makes-ass-of-himself.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChampion US swimmer Ricky Berens got that sinking feeling when his high-tech suit split down the back an instant before he sailed into the water for his leg of a relay at the FINA Swimming World Championship in Rome. The result was a flash of muscly derrière transmitted on TV...http://www.newser.com/story/65535/swimmer-makes-ass-of-himself.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 3:01:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64016/phelps-smashes-100m-butterfly-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Phelps demolished both the 100-meter butterfly world record and any lingering concerns about his fitness at the US Nationals yesterday, USA Today reports. Phelps—who returned to training less than five months ago—finished in 50.22 seconds, breaking the 50.40 record set by fellow American Ian Crocker...http://www.newser.com/story/64016/phelps-smashes-100m-butterfly-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 2:13:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50358/kelloggs-faces-pro-phelps-backlash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKellogg's decision to drop Michael Phelps’ sponsorship deal has created an angry wave of would-be cereal killers, the Baltimore Sun reports. A Facebook group urging consumers to boycott the company has hit 5,000 members and is growing fast. Pro-marijuana groups are also calling for a boycott, labeling the company's...http://www.newser.com/story/50358/kelloggs-faces-pro-phelps-backlash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Feb 2009 7:27:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50315/we-may-never-know-who-took-the-pot-pic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlenty of people partied with Michael Phelps in South Carolina around the time he smoked marijuana, but the abundance of witnesses doesn't mean we'll ever know who took the picture that got the Olympian into trouble. Some fellow partiers saw iPhones out, but no one's even sure which night the...http://www.newser.com/story/50315/we-may-never-know-who-took-the-pot-pic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Feb 2009 12:12:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50167/phelps-3-month-suspension-is-fair-punishment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Phelps believes a 3-month suspension from USA Swimming is a fair enough price to pay for getting caught toking up, the AP reports. "Obviously, for a mistake you should get punished," said the acclaimed Olympic gold medalist. Phelps says he has been spending a lot of time in the...http://www.newser.com/story/50167/phelps-3-month-suspension-is-fair-punishment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Feb 2009 4:59:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50137/phelps-penalty-misses-point.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS swimming authorities flopped in their decision to suspend Michael Phelps from competition, George Vecsey writes in the New York Times . Now Phelps “has more time to wander into parties and hold interesting-looking objects up to his face and say, ‘Hey, dude, what’s this?’” Instead, the Olympic golden boy should...http://www.newser.com/story/50137/phelps-penalty-misses-point.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Feb 2009 15:32:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37550/us-olympic-medalist-details-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOlympic medalist Margaret Hoelzer was sexually abused, she tells the AP in the hopes of helping other victims. The abuse by the friend of a father started when she was 5 years old, the swimmer says, and did not stop until the family moved 2 years later. The abuser was...http://www.newser.com/story/37550/us-olympic-medalist-details-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Sep 2008 10:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36000/phelps-to-kick-off-snl-opener.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSuper swimmer Michael Phelps will be trying his hand at making comedy gold as host of the season premier of Saturday Night Live , E! Online reports. The 23-year-old Olympic champ will be making his acting debut when the program's 34th season kicks off September 13. The swimmer will be joined...http://www.newser.com/story/36000/phelps-to-kick-off-snl-opener.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Aug 2008 6:41:23 CDT