Michael Phelps has been suspended by USA Swimming for three months over that picture of him smoking pot from a bong.
“This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so may people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero,” USA Swimming said in a statement Thursday.
The organization has also cut off financial support to 23-year-old for the duration of his suspension.
In his first interview since a photo surfaced showing him smoking marijuana from a pipe at a college party last November, 14-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps says he is contemplating whether or not he will compete in the 2012 Games due to his shame over the public scandal.
“It’s definitely not what I wanted, and it’s clearly not what my mom wanted,” the Charm City native says of the now infamous bong pic.
Michael Phelps may face drug charges in Columbia, S.C. after a photo of the Olympian puffing marijuana from a pipe was published Britain’s News of The World last weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Phelps attempted to puchase the photo of him smoking marijuana from a bong at a party at the University of South Carolina last November before it hit the pages of a British tabloid last weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Would someone please get Ashton Kutcher off of Twitter?
The actor’s Twittering and vlog about a noisy neighbor made him a hot topic of discussion on the blogosphere last week, but that hasn’t killed his inspiration to blog about the recent leak of a photo featuring record-breaking Olympian Michael Phelps smoking marijuana. Read the rest of this entry »
Sports star Michael Phelps has apologized for his “regrettable” behavior and “bad judgment” after a photo depicting the history-making Olympian using a bong, which is frequently used to smoke marijuana, was published in a British tabloid over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Gold medal-winning Olympian says a new photo of him and a barely-dressed woman, identified as Las Vegas cocktail waitress Caroline Pal, at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday was a set-up by a greedy photographer. Read the rest of this entry »
