Michael Phelps might be looking for a different kind of gold in the future. The star Olympian says now that he has a little down time after winning all those swimming gold medals, he wouldn't mind practicing his poker game to try to get in a future World Series event.
Phelps looking for gold at World Series of Poker?
(via Baltimore Sun) · August 18, 2008 · 2:22 PM
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