"There are always things that fire me up and motivate me," Phelps said Saturday, after becoming the first swimmer to break 50 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly.

SAN ANTONIO -- Maybe one day they'll learn. Don't talk trash to Michael Phelps. It just makes him go faster. After spending all day digesting Chad Le Clos' taunts from halfway around the world, Phelps ...

ROME - The message was clear yesterday: Don't mess with Michael Phelps. Milorad Cavic tried to get in his head and wound up looking at his back, losing again to the guy who beat him in Beijing. This ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Michael Phelps is used to being in a league of his own. So it was strange to see him, after what he insists was his final individual race as an Olympian, crowding onto a medal stand ...

MONTREAL Ian Crocker put the Athens Olympics behind him and Michael Phelps, too. Crocker broke his own world record in the 100-meter butterfly Saturday and turned a much-anticipated rematch with ...

MESA — Michael Phelps’ comeback meet was cut short Friday when he failed to advance to the 50-meter freestyle final. The 18-time Olympic gold medalist used the morning preliminaries at the Arena Grand ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Michael Phelps lunged to the wall, popped his head out of the water, and turned immediately toward the scoreboard. There was a "1" beside his name. Felt pretty good. For the first ...

OMAHA, Neb. Michael Phelps is halfway home to setting his program for the Beijing Olympics. Another world record will have to wait. Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. swimming trials ...