This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's July 18 Body Issue. Subscribe today. Editor's note: This story contains explicit language. Snakes. For as long as Michael Phelps can remember, he's hated ...

Michael Phelps is the G.O.A.T. of swimming; that's just a fact. No one in history is more accomplished in Olympic swimming than Phelps, as his multitude of records speaks for itself. Phelps is also a ...

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal, breaking Mark Spitz's record. Aug. 16, 2008— -- He's done it again. Another gold, and another world record. Michael Phelps' gold medal hunt in Beijing ...

Michael Phelps followed through on his promise to help the Baltimore Ravens learn how to swim. Just weeks after several Ravens players asked Phelps, 40, in an Instagram video to teach them how to swim ...

Baltimore Ravens players asked Michael Phelps to teach them how to swim. The 23-time Olympic gold medalist answered the call. In a social media video, Ravens Marlon Humphrey, Ronnie Stanley, Kyle ...

Decorated United States swimmer Michael Phelps called out USA Swimming yet again, this time going into great detail about his belief the program is declining. Phelps posted a lengthy, five-page ...