Just about every one of my female friend's has something about Phelps in their Facebook status. Ok and me too :) Almost as funny as the day after a certain GossipGirl episode and the "I'm Chuck Bass" statuses all over the place.

So I finally found out why Michael was so upset after the 200-meter fly last night. He threw off his goggles so fast because they were leaking and filled with water.

http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/20...s-eyes-closed/

"If Phelps is the fastest in the pool with only four of his five senses, what chance do mere mortals have against him?"

Kid can swim for sure.

The whole underage DUI totally turns me off about him though.

Yea, but that also happened 4 years ago. He was what.. 19? Is it a huge mistake? yea, but he's obviously learned from that. S*** happens.

Tonight I get sleep....no finals.

Yeah, drinking under age? Okay, lot's of college kids do it. But getting in a car and driving is just stupid. Maybe I'm biased because I don't drink at all...

Yea, I am feeling the same way!

Yes, driving drunk is stupid. But again, happened once 4 years ago. I've done some pretty stupid things in my life also (I'm sure we all have), but I'd hope that people wouldn't dismiss me completely because of them.

My feeling is that everyone is allowed one mistake, and hopefully they learn a lesson from it. If he has another, I have an issue with that.

Off topic: I think the same for marriages (one divorce is all you should be able to have); serial brides should be banned

1:54:23 in the 200 IM and another gold. =)

You know something is wrong when you completely ignore your boyfriend's phone call because Michael Phelps is racing.

Immediately after I started breathing again, I called him back. :)

So bad.

I could watch that 50 more times and still not believe it! Unreal.

Unbelievable!!! I can't believe he pulled it out in the last half-stroke.

I'm convinced whoever said that guy is part-dolphin must be right.

I still can't watch him talk, though.

Wow. Just wow. He's amazing.

I loved his mom's reaction in the stands, too. The look of utter shock when she realized he won was priceless.

Cavic's coach has filed a protest. Hmmmm.

I'm waiting for them to explain that... It's not like a judge eyeballed it and decided Phelps touched the mat first. It's weird.

For those who don't have TIVO or DVR, here is the replay... http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/pla...elcode=sportsw

Mike Bottom didn't get his way. Interesting that Bottom will be coaching at U of M next year, where Phelps is a graduate.

I want to have his babies.

They showed the replay from 3 or 4 different angles. Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy!

Have my babies?

It was so intense. I couldn't imagine trying to visually figure out who won. AOL has it slowed down to frame by frame (one ten-thousandth of a second) and I still wasn't sure. But even at that speed Phelps was a blur!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...content.1.html

SI's got some decent pictures of it.

Maybe Phelps just used his superpowers to temporarily turn the water to gel around Cavic. ;) It's weird how he just looks like he was in slow motion, reaching for the wall but not getting there. Picture #6 in the above link is a really interesting shot.

^^^^Miracle Finish indeed. Those are some awesome pictures. I didn't know there were windows on the bottom of the pool to shoot photos like that

I was working a baseball game last night, and when he won we announced it and the ENTIRE stadium just ERUPTED into applause. It was absolutely amazing.

I don't think there's windows on the bottom of the pool. I think the pics may be stills from a Mobycam.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/f..._Olympian.html

Never knew about Mobycam. Good info. I was beginning to think the Chinese figured something else out before us.

I'm so excited...this race is on at 7:58 PST / 10:58 EST.
Eeek....I really hoped Phelps gets Gold #8. :)

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
 

:D:D:D:D:D:D

I love those guys!

As much as I dislike the Baltimore Ravens, it was pretty cool what they did.

Ravens Fans Watch Phelps Make History

Hundreds of fans stayed at M&T Bank Stadium after Saturday's preseason game between the Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings to watch Phelps compete. A unique agreement between the Ravens and NBC allowed the team to air Phelps’ final race on the stadium SmartVision boards

http://www.wbaltv.com/sports/17211047/detail.html

He did it again!!!!!!!! My mom and I were going nuts cheering. Yayyyy! I totally avoided looking at this part of GC before watching because I KNEW it would be talked about here!

And he teared up a little during the medal ceremony. Awwww!

The guy is amazing! Period. Is he single? Lol ;)

I think NBC needs to pay Michael Phelps a bonus. From what I read, NBC stated their ratings were never this high during the post-primetime spot. I guess I'm not the only one who didn't get sleep this week

You're definitely not. My mom usually goes to be pretty early (9-ish) but she stayed up til past 11 watching our boy last night.