Michael Phelps News

LOS ANGELES Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps has thrown cold water on a report that he would come out of retirement with a view to swimming at the 2016 Rio Games.

A report Friday night from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., said Phelps will return to swimming with an eye toward competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Michael Phelps, who's won 22 medals, is planning a return to competitive swimming, according to former Morning Swim Show host and current NBC-2 anchor Peter Busch, who is reporting that the 27-year-old is scheduled to begin training at the Olypmic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Fresh off luring the San Francisco 49ers and on the verge of scoring hosting rights for the 50th Super Bowl, Santa Clara is setting its sights on a new sports target: The International Swimming Hall of Fame.

That leaves a big hole on the U.S. team as it prepares for the world championships this summer and begins looking ahead to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Michael Phelps is off playing golf and showing no signs of backtracking on his decision to retire from swimming.

As Orb charged to the wire at Churchill Downs last weekend, he established his clear superiority to the other 18 thoroughbreds on horse racing's biggest stage, the Kentucky Derby.

Ryan Lochte, 28 yrs., of Daytona Beach Swimming speaks with the media after competing in the 2013 Arena Grand Prix at Charlotte presented by UltraSwim on Friday, May 10, 2013.

Kathleen Baker, 16 yrs., of SwimMAC Carolina competes in the Women's 50 LC Meter Backstroke on Friday, May 10, 2013.

One Charlotte Olympian had a disappointing result Friday night, but another possible future Olympian who now lives in Huntersville had a fine evening at the UltraSwim.

SAN JOSE, INDIANAPOLIS, May 9. AS the Masters swimming community descends on Indianapolis for the USMS Spring Nationals at IUPUI, two Olympic medalists will be in Indy for their very own special participation at Spring Nationals.

Olympic gold medalist Conor Dwyer has signed a multi-year agreement with Speedo USA through 2016, according to a press release.

As Stoughton's Aquaman, Hunter Goodrich is undeniably one of the most dedicated, talented and passionate athletes at Stoughton High.

The Charlotte UltraSwim will be held Thursday through Sunday at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center .

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 8. THE number of women participating in organized sports is continuing to grow around the world, as evidenced by the shrinking gap between the numbers of female athletes and male athletes at the recent Olympics, according to a new report by the Women's Sports Foundation.

SwimMAC teammates Jack Manchester, Michael Chadwick, Matthew Josa and Kyle Darmody this year became the first quartet to hold every national relay record in a single age group, according to USA Swimming.

A mathematical formula is only useful if it confirms what the observer knows to be empirically true.

A mathematical formula is only useful if it confirms what the observer knows to be empirically true, like two plus two is four.

Last week, for instance, Tebow received an offer from the organization formerly known as the Lingerie Football League to become its national quarterbacks' coach hours after his release from the New York Jets .

UCLA defeated Illinois for the 2011 NCAA Division I women's volleyball national championship at the Alamodome.