After his first therapy session, Michael Phelps recalls being a changed person. Now, he works to spread awareness about mental health while sharing his own tricks to feel better. In 2014, former ...

A decade after sharing his own painful mental health journey, the Olympic hero has traveled the globe as a beacon of advocacy ...

Michael Phelps’ struggles with mental health have been well documented since he walked off the Olympic pool deck after the 2016 Games with 28 all-time medals. He’s talked openly about his thoughts of ...

Michael Phelps and wife Nicole Phelps hold their son, Nico, during a Team USA women's basketball game at the Paris Olympics. When Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps wakes up in the morning, he asks ...

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Swimming legend Michael Phelps now has 28 total medals at the Olympic Games, and he’s off to retirement with his family, and of course his poker-playing friends. Phelps has long been a card game ...

BARCELONA, Spain -- When Michael Phelps walked away from swimming after the London Olympics, he was adamant about one thing: His career was over. Now, it sounds like he's not so sure. While saying ...

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps doesn't keep his athletic interests just to the pool. Phelps was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in a suburb of Baltimore County. His career as an Olympic ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Leave it to these Games to give us another tie for a medal, with two archrivals no less. Michael Phelps rallied from sixth overall at the turn to lock up a silver medal in the men's ...

This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's July 18 Body Issue. Subscribe today. Editor's note: This story contains explicit language. Snakes. For as long as Michael Phelps can remember, he's hated ...