Michael Phelps: 2008 Sportsman of the Year

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Olympic hunk swimmer Michael Phelps has been announced the 2008 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year by Terry McDonell, Sports Illustrated Group Editor.

Not surprisingly, swimming champ Michael Phelps has been named “Sportsman of the Year” by Sports Illustrated

“Michael Phelps as the 2008 Sportsman of the Year was the easiest choice I have made.”

“Look at what he did in Beijing last summer. I was there. I saw him race after race, win again and again - we all saw that. And then to know him now — it is so obvious that he changed not only swimming, but also the entire Olympic landscape,” McDonell said.

Other mens styles news and gossips athletes named Sportsman on the strength of their Olympic performance include Bobby Joe Morrow (1956), U.S. Olympic hockey team (1980), Edwin Moses and Mary Lou Retton (1984), Bonnie Blair and Johann Olav Koss (1994).

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