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			<title><![CDATA[Jason Lezak, the anchor, one year later]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Exactly one year ago, Jason Lezak pulled off a miracle and helped Michael Phelps become an immortal. Oh, how life has changed.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 11, 2009 03:03:57 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Forde: Meet Eric Shanteau, Olympian cancer survivor and semi-involuntary role model]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Eric Shanteau has grown more in the past year than any of the other main characters from the engrossing swimming dramas. Swimming through cancer? That can move the needle in a real-world way.]]></description>
			<pubDate>July 06, 2009 10:42:50 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Forde: Phelps' latest 'transgression' a teaching moment for this swim dad]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Michael Phelps. Your latest "youthful transgression" provided the opportunity to teach my kids that role models are best chosen from those you know well, not those you know through a TV screen.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 02, 2009 12:08:56 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Duke sends big-picture message with its Boiler beatdown]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[What are the possible roadblocks facing prohibitive favorite North Carolina? For starters, the Heels bedeviling neighbor looks every bit the part of a national title contender, writes Pat Forde.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 02, 2008 18:47:03 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's The Dash wrap-up, and our documents are real]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Forty names, games, countries and minutiae that made news in Beijing. It's the Forde-Meter Dash, Olympic wrap-up style.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 24, 2008 03:28:25 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A fierce sport above water, an international street fight below it]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[What happens underwater in water polo, stays underwater in water polo. And both U.S. Olympic teams have mastered the art of balancing skill, teamwork, confidence ... and a little mayhem.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 20, 2008 23:36:11 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A few events to help you avoid the post-Phelpsian meltdown]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Michael Phelps is done in Beijing. So, now what? Here are 12 things to keep you from a post-Phelpsian meltdown.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 18, 2008 02:10:47 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ranking Phelps' eight great wins in Beijing]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Michael Phelps' eight gold-medal swims were all magnificent. But the world needs lists, so we're here to rank his great haul of China from most memorable to least.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 17, 2008 02:25:28 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An embodiment of the Olympic ideal, Michael Phelps saved the Games]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When you look back at all of Michael Phelps' performances in Beijing, you can come to this conclusion: He is the Olympic ideal and single-handedly just saved the Olympics.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 16, 2008 23:49:53 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Forde: Do you believe in heartbreak? No, just believe in Phelps]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do you believe in heartbreak? 
No, just believe in Phelps. Don't ask how he does it, because sometimes, especially after a race like the one we saw Saturday, there are no rational explanations. Just believe.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 15, 2008 21:13:19 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is Phelps' dominance bad for swimmers, the sport? One brave soul thinks so]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Friday was full of great stories from the Water Cube. Ryan Lochte won gold. Rebecca Soni pulled off an upset. But all of them were overshadowed by the golden gold. Chalk it up to bad timing, folks. You all were born at the wrong time, in the era of the Phelps Dynasty.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 14, 2008 22:25:42 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trying to be like Mike has been Hoff's Olympic downfall]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Katie Hoff was supposed to be the Phemale Phelps in these Games, but there's nothing Phelpsian about her performance. She has underachieved in Beijing.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 15, 2008 03:36:33 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Intense? Insane? Maybe, but Bowman is the architect of Phelps' quest]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Who is the mastermind behind this insane plan to have Michael Phelps compete in 17 swims in nine days? The man responsible for every arm stroke and dolphin kick? Meet Bob Bowman.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 14, 2008 01:57:21 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Forde: Put race to eight on hold to appreciate Phelps' dominance now]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Say bye-bye Carl, Nadia, Jesse and Mr. Spitz. You all had a nice run as the greatest of Olympians, but it's over. You have been replaced on the throne by Michael Phelps.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 12, 2008 21:02:49 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Veterans Coughlin, Peirsol help U.S. swim team save face in Beijing]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you were an American swimmer not named Michael Phelps, you weren't really enjoying Beijing up to this point. But two veterans saved the U.S. swim team from becoming a one-pony show at these Olympics.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 11, 2008 20:37:43 PDT EST</pubDate>
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