To coincide with Michael Phelps becoming the most-medalled Olympic athlete in history and with me using medal as a verb for the first and last time, here is an index to all my blog references to The Great Man over the past two Olympiads:

• Athens 2004: Phelpsy, Phelpsy again, The Phelpster, Phelpsy, The Phelpster and El Phelporama, Das Phelpsmeister
• Beijing 2008: Phelpmeister, the Phelpster, The Phelp of Phelps, Phelpomania, and The Phelps.

Meanwhile, here from 2008 is the CBS Early Show's discussion of the Michael Phelps Diet: