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Michael Phelps Strokes His Way to $1.6M Book Deal

Even before landing back in the US, Olympic swimming champ Michael Phelps, winner of 8 gold medals in Beijing, was converting his fame into a big pool of Yankee dollars.Phelps snagged an estimated $1.6 million advance from the Free Press imprint of Simon... ...full story at digg

from digg on Wed, Aug 27 2008

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