That extra drag he had from not wearing the speedo racing trunks must have slowed Cooper down.

>Don't know if you get 60 Minutes up there. This past Sunday, Anderson Cooper interviewed Michael Phelps. Seems that Phelps has only gone swimming a couple of times since the Olympics, so Cooper challenged him to a race, one length of the pool. Cooper got to dive in and swim free style. Phelps had to start in the pool, go the whole way under water, and not take a breath. Phelps easily won.
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>Found the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkbrdwL6bbE
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>>In 2000, I heard the president (can't remember her name now) of a Washington sports organization, which owned the Washington Bullets and several other pro teams, speak at a conference. Michael Jordan, who was an executive with the Bullets at the time, has cut his finger very badly on a cigar cutter, and his entire hand was bandaged. The owner of the organization (can't remember his name either) figured this was the only chance he'd ever have to beat Michael at one-on-one, so he challenged him to a game. Michael asked what they were playing for. The owner asked what Michael wanted to play for. Michael responded, "whatever would make you nervous to lose".
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>>They never played.
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>>Doug

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