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Need to Lose Weight? Freeze Yourself

Kevin Spak — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:07:00 CDT

If you’re desperate for a new way to lose weight, forget feeling the burn and try feeling the chill, suggests Ray Cronise, an ex-NASA scientist who lost 30 pounds in six weeks by subjecting himself to low temperatures. The theory is simple: Your body wants to maintain a constant temperature,...

Woods Voted Athlete of the Decade

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:05:00 CST

Tiger Woods finally got some good news today, when the AP voted him the athlete of the decade. Woods received 56 of the 142 votes cast by AP member editors since last month. More than half of the ballots were returned after the Nov. 27 car accident outside his Florida...

Phelps Flops in Old-Style Suit

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:05:26 CST

Wearing an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third today at a World Cup short-course meet. Phelps failed to qualify for the finals of the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke. He qualified in the 100 medley, finishing seventh in 53.13 seconds....

Drug Policy Hypocrisy: Hero Lance Is Selling Beer

John Johnson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:08:42 CDT

Michael Phelps smokes a bong at a private party and becomes Public Enemy No. 1. Lance Armstrong signs a deal to hawk beer for Anheuser-Busch and—nothing. Therein lies a lesson about our nation's "absurd drug policy," writes David Sirota. Alcohol is the demonstrably more dangerous drug, yet it's fine...

Phelps to Competition: Lose the Speed Suits

Nick McMaster — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:55:36 CDT

Michael Phelps challenged his competitors at the upcoming FINA/Arena World Cup meets to race without the full-body technical suits recently banned by swimming authorities for providing an unfair advantage in speed. The ban doesn’t go into effect until January, but Phelps said he was “getting ready for where the sport...

Is She a Man? Is Phelps a Fish?

Jason Farago — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:55:01 CDT

It's wrong to be subjecting South African sprinter Caster Semenya to "a public slaying," writes Antonia Senior, who says that debating her gender has no more credibility than asking if "Michael Phelps is really a fish." For the Times of London columnist, sports are now "increasingly the showground of the...

Other Driver Blamed for Phelps Crash

Rob Quinn — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:11:17 CDT

Police don't believe Michael Phelps was to blame for his car accident in Baltimore Thursday night but the swimmer will have to go to court for producing an invalid Michigan driver's license after the crash, the Baltimore Sun reports. The other driver, a 28-year-old woman who was slightly injured when...

Phelps Crashed in 'Tranny Hooker District'

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:52:02 CDT

After analyzing the location of Michael Phelps’ car accident, a Gawker tipster reveals that the Olympic legend “may have been leaving the tranny hooker district” of Baltimore at the time, leading blogger the Cajun Boy to wonder, “Was Michael Phelps trolling for a tranny? It's highly doubtful, but it sure...

Phelps Unhurt in Car Crash; Other Driver Shaken Up

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:31:29 CDT

Michael 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...