Read more Michael Phelps stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/625/michael-phelps.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:22:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73713/phelps-flops-in-old-style-suit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWearing 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....http://www.newser.com/story/73713/phelps-flops-in-old-style-suit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 11:05:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72487/drug-policy-hypocrisy-hero-lance-is-selling-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael 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...http://www.newser.com/story/72487/drug-policy-hypocrisy-hero-lance-is-selling-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Oct 2009 14:08:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71811/phelps-to-competition-lose-the-speed-suits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael 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...http://www.newser.com/story/71811/phelps-to-competition-lose-the-speed-suits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 17:55:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67433/is-she-a-man-is-phelps-a-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt'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...http://www.newser.com/story/67433/is-she-a-man-is-phelps-a-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 8:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66971/other-driver-blamed-for-phelps-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice 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...http://www.newser.com/story/66971/other-driver-blamed-for-phelps-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Aug 2009 6:11:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66913/phelps-crashed-in-tranny-hooker-district.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter 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...http://www.newser.com/story/66913/phelps-crashed-in-tranny-hooker-district.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 10:52:02 CDThttp://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/65912/phelps-us-grab-relay-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Phelps and the US 400-meter medley relay team closed the fastest meet in swimming history with an appropriate finish Sunday night in Rome—the 43rd world record. Phelps earned his fifth gold medal of a world championship that showed he's still got plenty of motivation, even after scoring a...http://www.newser.com/story/65912/phelps-us-grab-relay-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Aug 2009 14:51:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65856/phelps-beats-rival-returns-suit-taunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic again, and this time there was no doubt about it. With a defiant performance in a supposedly inferior suit, Phelps became the first swimmer to break 50 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly, beating the Serbian with a time of 49.82. Cavic also broke 50...http://www.newser.com/story/65856/phelps-beats-rival-returns-suit-taunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 12:58:14 CDT