Swimming World takes a look at the longest-standing American records and who is best positioned to break them.

USA - 2008: Lee Hulteng color illustration of U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps. (Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Tribune News Service via Getty I Of Michael Phelps’ eight gold medals at the 2008 ...

The journey started where many stellar careers have been launched, in the pool at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. It didn’t take long for the coaches to realize someone special was in the water, a ...

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 ...

Marlon Humphrey wants to learn how to swim. Luckily for him, the longtime Ravens cornerback has landed perhaps the best teacher available. Michael Phelps, a 23-time Olympic champion from Baltimore and ...

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 has once again called out USA Swimming following an underwhelming performance in the 2025 World Championships. “No one really wants to talk about how broken USA Swimming has become,” ...

OMAHA -- Debbie Phelps still chokes up whenever she replays the image of her swimming sensation son, Michael Phelps, standing on the winner's block. And she sees the 10-year-old kid who was bullied, ...