Michael Phelps | featured news

History unfolded in 6 minutes and 59.70 seconds. With a little help from three of his friends, Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian of them all, winning his 19th career medal, breaking the standard set by legendary Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina.

Here's what to watch for at the London Olympics on Sunday... SWIMMING: The United States, Australia and France go for gold in the final of the 4 x100m freestyle relay, a day after Michael Phelps was stunningly defeated by teammate Ryan Lochte... BASKETBALL: The U.S. men's team plays France (and NBA star Tony Parker).

The defending champion in the 400-meter freestyle, Tae-hwan Park of South Korea, advanced in his event only after his disqualification was overturned.

Ryan Lochte turned his much-anticipated duel with Michael Phelps into a blowout, pulling away to win the Olympic 400-meter individual medley by more than 3 seconds Saturday night. Even more stunning: Phelps didn't even win a medal.

Michael Phelps is dropping out of the 200-meter freestyle at this month's London Olympics, leaving him with seven events for his Games swansong.

There was no stopping Michael Phelps this time. The same goes for Federica Pellegrini.

Michael Phelps stole the show again on Sunday, handily winning the 100-meter butterfly at the Canada Cup. He didn't come close to beating his own world record, but he led from wire to wire and won in 51.32 seconds.

Michael Phelps has won the 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. national championships with the fastest time in the world this year.

Michael Phelps received "a wakeup call" during a weekend of mixed results at the Paris Open.

Sporting a beard and an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third Tuesday at a World Cup short-course meet....