USA - 2008: Lee Hulteng color illustration of U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps. (Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Tribune News Service via Getty I Of Michael Phelps’ eight gold medals at the 2008 ...

1933 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees plays his 1,308th straight game to break Everett Scott’s record of 1,307. 1938 — Henry Armstrong wins the lightweight title with a 15-round decision over Lou ...

Dorothy Hyman, Wilma Rudolph and Giuseppina Leone shake hands while standing on the podium at the 1960 Olympics. U.S. swimmer ...

The day after he swam his last race as a competitive swimmer at the London Olympics, Michael Phelps got up early. It was force of habit. He didn’t have a race that day, or even a scheduled training ...

It seems to me that there is always controversy involved with every Olympics, but it just seems there’s been a lot of issues with the Beijing Games, starting back even before the Games began when the ...

BEIJING, Aug 15 (Reuters) - American Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal and set his sixth world record at the Beijing Olympics on Friday with a devastating victory in the men's 200 metres ...

Michael Phelps is making a comeback after nearly two years out of the pool for the simplest of reasons: He missed the sport that has been his entire life. The 22-time Olympic medalist tried golf and ...

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

Diana Taurasi is the latest athlete to join the golden throne of the winningest in U.S. Olympic history.