Michael Phelps, the winningest Olympian with 14 career victories was honored as the Sports Illustrated’s sportsman of the year, the first to be given to a swimmer. When Mark Spitz won his medals in 1972, other personalities were honored by the magazine. It’s a dream come true for accomplishing many things within the year at [...]
The Olympian superstar who won eight gold medals in swimming in the recent Beijing Olympics is writing a book entitled “Built to Succeed”. The book will cover his life and his philosophy of training and competition. Book will be released in December. It is another good book worth reading. It is indeed an inspirational [...]
At the age of 53, the seven feet seven inches woman recognized to be the tallest in the world died last week. She had been suffering from blood infection, diabetes and kidney failure. The cause of her death was not specified and she died in a nursing home in her hometown. A little too early [...]