Michael Phelps Archives

Despite his bong incident, Michael Phelps is in good spirits at the Meadowbrook Athletic Club in Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday (February 5).

The 23-year-old Olympic champion told the Balitmore Sun that he might pass on the 2012 Olympics, saying, “This is a decision of mine that I’m not going to make today and I’m not going to make tomorrow. It’s going to require a lot of time and energy and a lot of thinking for myself - but also talking to [coach Bob Bowman] and talking to my family and just deciding what I want to do.”

Phelps continued, “But I’m not going to let anything stand in my way. If I decide to walk away, I’ll decide to walk away on my own terms. If it’s now, if it’s four years, who knows. But it is something I need to think about and decide what I want to do.”

The CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee said Wednesday he’d like to have a face-to-face meeting with Phelps, and spokesman Darryl Seibel said the federation was sending the Olympic star a letter offering its assistance. “We at the USOC, as we said in an earlier statement, are exceptionally disappointed in him, as he is in himself,” Jim Scherr said during a conference call that was set to preview the 2010 Winter Olympics.

DO YOU THINK Phelps should skip out on the 2012 Olympics — YAY or NAY?

Olympic great Michael Phelps has apologized for smoking marijuana.

In a statement released to The Associated Press, Phelps said, “I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I’m 23 years old and despite the successes I’ve had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.”

Yesterday, UK tabloid News of the World published the bong picture of the swimmer, who won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games.

No word on whether or not Phelps has been released from his multi-million dollar endorsement deals.

BONG BOY

Swimming champ Michael Phelps smokes from a bong during a weekend filled with smoking weed and chugging booze, reports UK’s News Of The World.

“You could tell Michael had smoked before,” the paper’s source revealed. “He grabbed the bong and a lighter and knew exactly what to do. He looked just as natural with a bong in his hands as he does swimming in the pool. He was the gold medal winner of bong hits. Michael ended up getting a little paranoid, though, because before too long he looked like he was nervous and ran out of the place.”

The 23-year-old Olympic champion’s team reportedly tried to bribe NOTW not to run this bong picture because the Olympic champion could potentially lose all of his endorsement deals. Phelps has won a record 14 gold medals.

If you don’t believe the picture is really of Phelps, check out the pics below of Phelps at various events last year. He’s wearing the same blinged out croc-skin watch on his left wrist as in the bong picture.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Michael Phelps smoking from a bong? Have you lost respect for the Olympic champ?

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Swimming superstar and Olympian Michael Phelps covers the new issue of ESPN the Magazine - featuring the ESPN 100 (annual list of biggest achievements, letdowns and sports controversies of the year.)

The 23-year-old American sensation is decked out with colorful and dramatic tatoos all over his face and body.

Click inside for a larger cover!

WHAT DO YOU THINK of the ESPN mag cover with Michael Phelps — YAY or NAY?

Check out this new photo of Michael Phelps’s girlfriend via Life & Style. He may soon set another record: most hookups in the shortest amount of time by an Olympic champion!

But his latest dalliance — with Caroline “Caz” Pal, a cocktail waitress at the Palms Casino Resort’s Moon nightclub in Las Vegas — seems to be serious.

“He took her to meet his mother on Thanksgiving,” says a friend of Caz’s. “Before she left, Caz said, ‘I’m nervous!’”

Michael, 23, and Caz, 26, have been seeing each other for about two months, says the friend.

“He was by the pool at the Palms and saw her working there. He asked someone to introduce them, and they hit it off. He calls her ‘Boo.’ He texts her and says, ‘Hey, Boo, I miss you.’”

(Click inside to read about Phelps’s hookups…)

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Not surprisingly, swimming champ Michael Phelps has been named “Sportsman of the Year” by Sports Illustrated.

In the mag’s article, unfortunately, there’s no mention of his girlfriend Caroline Pal. But here’s how the piece closes:

“By championing the cause of water safety Phelps could save many lives, and the trajectory of others will be changed merely by his inspirational example. In 2012, when we are deep into another presidential election and facing challenges that have yet to reveal themselves, Phelps will once again unite a nation. He does not swim alone. He swims for all of us.”

Read the full article at SI.com. Check out a video of the cover shoot at CNN.com.

Michael Phelps took home his girlfriend, Las Vegas cocktail waitress Caroline Pal, aka Paz, to spend Thanksgiving in Baltimore with him and his family.

She looks like a keeper!

The 23-year-old Olympic champ and Pal, 26, have been dating for two months. They met after he won a record-breaking eight gold medals in Beijing last summer.

“She’s there [in Maryland] meeting his family for the first time,” a source close to Paz tells People.

20+ pictures inside of Paz, who’s a waitress at Palms Casino Resort’s Moon Nightclub… More Here! »

Michael Phelps knows what he’s getting mom Debbie for Christmas — and it won’t fit under the tree.

“It’s gonna be a car,” the 22-year-old Olympic swimmer told Life & Style at the Golden Goggle Awards in NYC on Nov. 17. “She wants to get rid of her SUV and get a car.”

So what will Debbie, a middle school principal, be driving around Baltimore?

“A BMW or Mercedes,” Michael says. “Whatever she wants!”