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8/19/08
Michael Phelps Sports Illustrated Cover Photo Brings Back Famous Mark Spitz Image
Hey Everyone, Come To See How Many Olympic Gold Medals I Won
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Assuming you haven't been hidden in a cage over the last week and a half, Sports Illustrated's choice for cover shouldn't be much of a surprise.

That Michael Phelps guy had a pretty good week over in Beijing and galvanized our country unlike any one athlete has for some time. NBC's TV ratings for the first week shattered all of the previous games over the past 18 years, and that wasn't because we simply had to watch men's table tennis or women's handball -- although both are pretty damn intriguing in their own right.

It's also not very surprising that SI chose to go with an homage to the famous Mark Spitz image, showing off all his bling after a week of work in the pool.



Phelps lacks the mustachioed charm of Spitz, but that extra gold medal more than makes up for it. I'd like to think this is one cover person that has no chance of being jinxed, but you just never know.

Fourth-Place Medal also points out that Phelps is likely to be one of just five individuals to grace the cover of SI, Newsweek and Time in the same week.
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100%InjuryRate wrote:
Spitz would have won 20 golds without that stache

I will have to disagree with you, that stache was like Poseidon's Trident because it held the power to rule the water. Oh and rule the waves it did. That push broom acted as oars, also it beat back swimmers in adjoining lanes who dare challenge. In fact, I think medal #6 the stache actually parted the water and Spitz just jogged to a win.  Lastly and most importantly, did you know that Mark Spitz did not grow that stache, that stache grew Mark Spitz.

Hey, I am just saying.
 
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(Edited 08/19/08 7:04PM by Boski93)
Mr. T is still not impressed.
 
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Boski93 wrote:
Mr. T is still not impressed.
But I am!
 
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Spitz would have won 20 golds without that stache
 
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100%InjuryRate wrote:
Spitz would have won 20 golds without that stache

I will have to disagree with you, that stache was like Poseidon's Trident because it held the power to rule the water. Oh and rule the waves it did. That push broom acted as oars, also it beat back swimmers in adjoining lanes who dare challenge. In fact, I think medal #6 the stache actually parted the water and Spitz just jogged to a win.  Lastly and most importantly, did you know that Mark Spitz did not grow that stache, that stache grew Mark Spitz.

Hey, I am just saying.
 
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I've always been amused by pimped out chains that accompany Spitz's medals.  They were GROOVY!!
 
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(Edited 08/19/08 8:33PM by Ryan)

Yeah, but what would Chuck Norris do if confronted with Mark Spitz??
 
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 Michael Phelps is a smart man for waiting until after winning the 8 Golds...He avoided the classic "SI Jinx"...
 
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Give me Phelps anyday.  I just wonder why his Mama didn't have his ears fixed when he was a kid?
 
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RichmondSpider wrote:
Give me Phelps anyday.  I just wonder why his Mama didn't have his ears fixed when he was a kid?
You know, his ears don't really bug me.---go figure!
 
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kteacher wrote:
You know, his ears don't really bug me.---go figure!
As someone who has pretty big ears, I have to say that his are pretty big, too.  All the better to hear the French whiners.....
 
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Ryan wrote:
As someone who has pretty big ears, I have to say that his are pretty big, too.  All the better to hear the French whiners.....
Easy to fix if he grows his hair out. Still I don't think his ears will make him less marketable (call me crazy).
 
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kteacher wrote:
Easy to fix if he grows his hair out. Still I don't think his ears will make him less marketable (call me crazy).
Nah, I don't think it will cost him money. 

Still, he's got some ears on him......
 
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(Edited 08/19/08 11:07PM by krysyndaday)
Boski93 wrote:

I will have to disagree with you, that stache was like Poseidon's Trident because it held the power to rule the water. Oh and rule the waves it did. That push broom acted as oars, also it beat back swimmers in adjoining lanes who dare challenge. In fact, I think medal #6 the stache actually parted the water and Spitz just jogged to a win.  Lastly and most importantly, did you know that Mark Spitz did not grow that stache, that stache grew Mark Spitz.

Hey, I am just saying.

I will have to disagree with you, those ears are like Ursula's tentacles (Little Mermaid-go with me here) because they too held the power to rule the water. Even in an evil way, they had the power to churn up the water and reek massive destruction as well. Those ears acted as fins, and they too beat back swimmers in adjoining lanes who dare challenge. In fact, I think medal #7 from these Olympics the ears actually parted the water that afforded Phelps the one onehundreth of a second to win the 100 fly.  Lastly and most importantly, did you know that Phelp's did not grow those ears, those ears grew Michale Phelps.

Okay, just wanted to see what it would look like to insert Phelp's name in your comment Boski!
 
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(Edited 08/21/08 4:34PM by lyastre)
Anybody who talk about his ears - that's so STUPID!!!!! 

for me and many many people he is HANDCOME and ADORABLE!!!!!
 
 
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