Based on his recent results, and on the fact that there was a two page spread in Sports Illustrated on World Championships (the only swimming news that I've ever seen in SI in a non-Olympic year is those little 'Faces in the Crowd' blurbs), I'd say he's doing pretty well on both counts! Yay Phelps!!
One comment in the SI article that bothered me was the citation of swimming as a "niche sport". It's certainly the most popular participant sport in the US, (if you count noodlers and their ilk), and one of the "glamor" events of the Summer Olympics. I know it's not Monster Trucks or World Wide Wrestling:dunno: , but give me a break - "niche sport"?
Based on his recent results, and on the fact that there was a two page spread in Sports Illustrated on World Championships (the only swimming news that I've ever seen in SI in a non-Olympic year is those little 'Faces in the Crowd' blurbs), I'd say he's doing pretty well on both counts! Yay Phelps!!
One comment in the SI article that bothered me was the citation of swimming as a "niche sport". It's certainly the most popular participant sport in the US, (if you count noodlers and their ilk), and one of the "glamor" events of the Summer Olympics. I know it's not Monster Trucks or World Wide Wrestling:dunno: , but give me a break - "niche sport"?
