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Article: `Phelps is Tiger in a Speedo'.(SPORTS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2008
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Byline: Bill Doyle
COLUMN: Tuning In
Few words do justice to describe the amazing success of U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, but NBC's Dan Hicks did his best.
"Phelps is Tiger (Woods) in a Speedo," Hicks said on the air this week.
As NBC's lead golf play-by-play voice, Hicks announced Woods' victory on one good leg in the U.S. Open in June. Woods beat Rocco Mediate in a playoff despite playing with a torn ACL in his left knee and a double stress fracture in his left tibia. Surgery shortly after the Open will prevent Woods from playing again this year.
Phelps, 23, is just as dominant in swimming as Woods, 32, is in golf. ...
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