Michael Phelps goes for win #8.
prettyontheoutside.typepad.com 8/18/2008 — I'm about to say something unbelievably corny. Something very silly, but I mean it. Here goes............. I have Phelps Phever ! I do.  Ordinarily I could care less about most sports but the summer Olympics has always captured my ...

Michael Phelps sets new Olympic record after picking up 11th gold medal
goshennews.com 8/18/2008 — US swimmer Michael Phelps became the all-time greatest athlete at the Olympics by winning his 10th career Olympic title at the Men's 200m Butterfly, shortly before adding one more gold when his team clinched the 4 x 200m Freestyle with three teammates. That moves his total gold medals to a world record 11. Set a world record to win the swimming competition in the National Aquatics Center at the Be

Michael Phelps Is Officially Not Human
mollygood.com 8/18/2008 — Michael Phelps won eight gold medals over the weekend, which officially sent the media into a frenzy, dubbing him the greatest athlete of all time and whatnot. It's not really surprising, but after the miraculous finish from Friday ...

NBC has best Saturday since 1990
hollywoodreporter.com 8/18/2008 — Click for more Beijing Olympics coverage NEW YORK -- Michael Phelps' record eighth gold medal catapulted NBC to its best Saturday night ratings since 1990, with almost 40 million tuning in around 11 p.m. EDT to watch Phelps and the U.S. team win the ...

Celizic: Phelps officially world's greatest athlete ever - Beijing Olympics News - MSNBC.com
msnbc.msn.com 8/18/2008 — MARTIN BUREAU / AFP/Getty Images Michael Phelps has more Olympic gold medals than anyone else. He's accomplished that feat in a way that no one's ever done. That makes him the world's greatest athlete ever, writes MSNBC contributor Mike Celizic.

Phelps Achieves It All - Now What's Next? — Latest News on omg! 8/18/2008
BEIJING, China -- At a press conference for his sponsor Monday morning, Michael Phelps talked about what his post-Beijing Olympics life has been (and hopes to be) like. Amongst other things, Michael discussed his training plan for the near & ...

Venus & Serena: Gold Medals, And Even Time To Shop! — Latest News on omg! 8/18/2008
By Whitney Frink & Jeremy Blacklow BEIJING, China -- "Well, Congratulations," Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson wished tennis champion sisters Venus & Serena Williams following their women's doubles gold medal win at the Beijing Olympics.  ...

GM Pulls Oscars Advertising Plan — Entertainment on HuffingtonPost.com 8/18/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. has pulled out of its longtime sponsorship of the Academy Awards, one of the biggest annual events on broadcast television, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The move, which comes ...

Next For Phelps: Going Home to Dog, Cars & New House — People.com 8/18/2008
He also faces huge sponsor deals – such as $50 million from Nike, alone

Olympics on par with same night in 2004 — Hollywood Reporter 8/18/2008
NEW YORK -- NBC's second Sunday of Olympic competition came in about flat compared with the comparable night four years ago.