Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, is back at the Olympics in Paris — just, in a different role that brought him international acclaim. Much like Michael Jordan in basketball, the ...

For the five Olympic Games in which he competed, Michael Phelps won at a level that had not been seen before. It was a level and feat that produced video game-like numbers: 28 total Olympic medals won ...

These days, Michael Phelps is providing his expertise on swimming as an NBC Sports analyst at the Paris Olympics, giving his unique perspective on the sport that he dominated for the better part of ...

With 28 medals, swimmer Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time. See who holds the most medals ahead of the ...

LONG BEACH, Calif., July 14 -- Michael Phelps said Wednesday that he has decided to reduce to five the number of individual events he plans to swim at the Olympics next month, easing his workload but ...

Michael Phelps poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the men’s 200-meter individual medley final on Thursday.

Phelps set up a potential Athens showdown with Ian Thorpe by winning the 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic trials Friday — clearly the most intriguing part of the quest to break Mark Spitz's ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Michael Phelps gave up one of his six individual events at the Athens Olympics. He should still have a chance to at least tie Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals and he will ...

Phelps began his quest to overtake Spitz's 1972 record haul of seven gold medals with a dominating performance in the 400-meter individual medley, breaking his own world record Saturday night and ...

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 23 – French youngster Leon Marchand produced a dazzling performance to shatter American great Michael Phelps’ long-standing 400 meters individual medley record on the opening day ...