From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:26 PM

Aug 18 - Michael Phelps has been called a "billion dollar man" for possible earnings and ad revenues ahead, but the most successful Olympian in history says it's not about the money.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:26 PM

Aug 18 - China glistens with gold in the Olympics medal count but for one star athlete the pressure to win may have been too much to shoulder.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:26 PM

Aug 18 - Phelps frenzy is on in Beijing with fans chasing and surrounding the Olympic hero wherever he goes.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:26 PM

Aug 18 - The world splash diving championships - divers do all they can to create the biggest waves in the swimming pool.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:26 PM

Aug 18 - British cyclists celebrate their win in the men's team pursuit cycling over Denmark.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:23 PM

Feb. 24 - Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko won a 12-round unanimous decision against Russia's Sultan Ibragimov to claim a second championship belt in boxing's heavyweight division on Saturday (February 23).

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:23 PM

Feb 25 - After more than two decades in the ring, Colombian bullfighter Julio Cesar Rincon Ramirez has fought his last bull.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:23 PM

Feb. 26 - Chinese basketball star Yao Ming is out for the season with a foot injury, putting his Olympic hopes in jeopardy.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:23 PM

Feb 27 - Luxury goods brand Chanel has launched a new art exhibit housed in a futuristic pavilion shaped like a spaceship.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:23 PM

Feb 27 - President George W. Bush honored the Boston Red Sox for winning the 2007 World Series, in front of an audience of fans and Boston-area politicians.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:23 PM

Feb. 28 - The French urban climber known as Spiderman is arrested after his latest building climb.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:23 PM

Mar 3 - A teenager in Utah is one of the stars of his basketball team... and he only has one arm.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:23 PM

Mar 4 - National Football League star Brett Favre has decided to retire.

From: Reuters on Mon, Aug 18 2008 7:23 PM

March 7 - English football star David Beckham met fans and the media while on tour in Asia with his American football team.

From: Reuters on Fri, Mar 07 2008 7:03 AM

March 7 - English football star David Beckham met fans and the media while on tour in Asia with his American football team.

From: Reuters on Tue, Mar 04 2008 11:13 PM

Mar 4 - National Football League star Brett Favre has decided to retire.

From: Reuters on Tue, Mar 04 2008 12:42 AM

Mar 3 - A teenager in Utah is one of the stars of his basketball team... and he only has one arm.

From: Reuters on Thu, Feb 28 2008 8:22 AM

Feb. 28 - The French urban climber known as Spiderman is arrested after his latest building climb.

From: Reuters on Wed, Feb 27 2008 11:11 PM

Feb 27 - President George W. Bush honored the Boston Red Sox for winning the 2007 World Series, in front of an audience of fans and Boston-area politicians.

From: Reuters on Wed, Feb 27 2008 8:06 AM

Feb 27 - Luxury goods brand Chanel has launched a new art exhibit housed in a futuristic pavilion shaped like a spaceship.