Carrie and the Swimmer?

Swimming superstar Michael Phelps, the record-setter with eight gold medals in a single Olympics, recently talked about Carrie Underwood in an interview with the television program Extra.

In the satellite interview from Beijing, China, Michael first denied rumors that he was dating fellow Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard. He was then told that Carrie had a slight crush on him. “That’s the first I’ve heard of that,” he admitted. “That’s pretty cool.”

• published August 20, 2008
• Carrie by ANDREW ECCLES/SONY BMG, Michael by XINHUA/IMAGO/ICON SMI/RETNA LTD.