With the kickoff of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro imminent, the time was right to pull out this groovy 1972 portrait from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. It shows the ...
BEIJING, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Michael Phelps reaches for his seventh Beijing gold medal on Saturday to match the prodigious feat achieved by Mark Spitz in 1972. Sign up here. Phelps goes into the 100 ...
Swimmer Michael Phelps is about to challenge the record set by MARK SPITZ of seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics. It was a feat worthy of a TIME cover. Mark Spitz is in as complete command of his ...