Latest Michael Phelps News, Photos, and Videos

Bar Refaeli and tennis champ Rafael Nadal both go shirtless in this pic from Sports Illustrated‘s 2012 Swimsuit Issue.

The 26-year-old Israeli model worked with photographer Walter Iooss Jr. for a sexy feature titled “Bar & the Boys.”

Bar also showed off her bikini body while posing with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and NBA star Chris Paul.

“@CP3 @MichaelPhelps @RafaelNadal FINALLY it’s out! so much fun working with legends as u! u guys rock! loved every moment! LUV the pictures,” she tweeted after the photos were unveiled.

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A shirtless Michael Phelps shows off his horseshoe mustache while lounging at the hotel pool on Friday (January 20) in Miami, Fla.

“This weather is something you can’t ever complain about… Sunny and 75 in the middle of jan? Sounds good to me!” the 26-year-old Olympic swimmer tweeted the day before with a photo of the beach.

Michael is reportedly newly single after splitting from his longtime girlfriend, Nicole Johnson, a former Miss California.

The NY Post reports the two broke up during the holidays and celebrated New Year’s Eve separately.

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Michael Phelps has a new lady in his life – Brittny Gastineau!

The 25-year-old Olympic champion and Brittny, 28, are “really cute together,” a source close to her told People, adding, “It’s just started.”

Over the weekend, Michael and Brittny went shopping at Nordstrom at The Grove before picking up drinks at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

“She thinks he’s a really sweet guy,” the source said. “She understands his athletic background since her dad was an athlete.” Brittny‘s dad, Mark, played for the New York Jets!

A shirtless Michael Phelps cools off at the pool at Tao Beach on Saturday (June 19) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

That evening, the 24-year-old Olympian helped actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse (better known as McLovin’ from Superbad) celebrate his 21st birthday at Tao nightclub!

Guests including Ryan Cabrera and Evan Ross sang Happy Birthday, danced and ate cake for Chris‘s birthday.

No more fake Hawaiian IDs for McLovin’!

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Olympic Gold Medalists Michael Phelps and Alexandre Bilodeau (Canadian freestyle skier) attend the OMEGA Cocktail Celebration at the Fairmont Hotel on Thursday, February 18, in Vancouver, Canada.

Phelps, in town as a spectator for the Winter Olympics, recently talked about golfer Tiger Woods. He told ET, “I think the biggest thing with the Tiger thing [is that] I just want him and his family to take time, and to take time for themselves. I think that’s one of the most important things in life — family — and really being able to have them and have them by your side and have them a part of your life is very special and meaningful. I am wishing him and his family the best.

“And he’s the greatest golfer of all time and you know, I enjoy, I love watching him,” Phelps continued. “Whether he decides to come back or not, that’s his decision. The good thing is, you know him and his family are back together and trying to work things out.”

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.

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Olympic gold medal swimming champion Michael Phelps was involved in a traffic accident in Baltimore, Maryland, on Thursday night, but left unscathed, police said.

The 24-year-old “human dolphin” was reportedly shaken up by the incident in Baltimore and taken to a local hospital as a precaution. Phelps‘ two passengers were also uninjured while the female driver of the second vehicle was transported to a local hospital.

“At this we don’t know, we know that there was a collision. Two cars were driving, they collided at an intersection. We’re going to find out, you know, if alcohol was a factor, we’re going to look at red lights. We’re going to put all that together and like I said AIU (Accident Investigation Unit) is literally is talking to them as we speak,” a police spokesman said.