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Michael Phelps: Swimming Challenge with Shaq!

Michael Phelps: Swimming Challenge with Shaq!

Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal (pictured below) has a new reality show called Shaq Vs., which challenges numerous top athletes in their own sports.

In these pictures, Shaq challenges 14-time Gold Medal Olympian and World Swimming Champion Michael Phelps in a series of swimming races before a “standing room only” crowd at Mangione Aquatic Center at Loyola University, Maryland.

Shaq‘s nickname is “Shaq-mu” — like the whale Shamu, get it?

This “Shaq VS Michael Phelps episode will air on Tuesday, September 15 @ 9PM ET/PT on ABC.

10+ pictures inside of Michael Phelps‘ swimming challenge with Shaq

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Photos: Randy Sager/ABC
Posted to: Michael Phelps, Shaquille ONeal, Shirtless

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hey phelps, puff puff pass

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He looks better with a beard – especially in the second pic!

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Smoking Bongs and going to Strip Clubs. Yeah GREAT ROLE MODEL. NOT.

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LOL- Yes Jared, we get the Shamu joke.

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sunnysideup @ 09/05/2009 at 3:05 am

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He has an awesome body!! But not as awesome as my husband :) I miss him so much he’s partying all weekend with his friends. He’s a swimmer too. Oh well I’ll just have to look at this picture instead. He’s Hawter than the blazes of hell and damnation ;)

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Shaq better eat his ” Weedies”.

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Weed or not weed, MP is looking great here.

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Please shave!

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Wow. I don’t usually think Phelps is hot, but with a beard… MAJOR UPGRADE!!!

Nice.

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Hot as always!

sick of him @ 09/05/2009 at 11:49 am

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Talking about chances! a dui walked away from, smoking pot, nothing and now drinking and driving again with out an valid license! Which in most states is 72 hrs to 6 months jail time! Spears had a valid license from another state her home state and the media crucified her! Phelps nothing! Also, once again got behind the wheel of a car drinking! Let’s hope this guy doesn’t hurt or kill some one before he wakes up.

what is it with him @ 09/05/2009 at 12:06 pm

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Ok, first the guys gets a dui and then caught smoking weed and then drinking and driving again on an invalid licenses or NO license! What gives? Sick of people like him getting away with more than the average person!

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@becca: I have to agree.

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He looks great – a true champion!

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i have yet to watch 1 episode of his show, it sounds kinda crappy
most of the challenges are pointless

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Keep the facial hair, Michael. You look so good with it.

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I never find him hot before, i think he’s ok, but now he looks good with the facial hair!

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Haters gone hate! Michael P. looking pretty Hot! He’s only human people and he has every right to ~live~ and learn from his mistakes. I’m hating the whole ~reality~ gig but I’ll probably watch some of the show to see what it’s all about or good enough to continue watching. Honestly, I just want reality television to die altogether!

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@sick of him:

I am from Baltimore… Phelps was not drinking and driving when he got in the accident. First off the the woman involved ran a red light and hit him, secondly he had 1 beer earlier in the night at the game. Trust me if he was intoxicated Baltimore Police would have arrected him

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Sorry meant to say Arrested him

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Sorry meant to say Arrested him

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we are talking about the greatest swimmer of all time. Let’s cut him some slack. I’m sure Michael Jordan had some drinks at NC

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ayy go check me out in the Vanilla Twilight music video!

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