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The Things We Forget, Part 2: Michael Phelps

By Chris Jones

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

"The Things We Forget" is a chronicle of 2008 in sports. It is presented in 11 parts. This is Part 2, on Michael Phelps. At the bottom of this piece, you can navigate to the other 10 parts. Two thousand eight was a memorable year in sports, maybe the greatest ever. Giants-Patriots. Kansas-Memphis. Celtics-Lakers. Tiger-Rocco. Federer-Nadal. But because so much transpired, it can sometimes seem as if none of it did. Watching sports this year was looking at art in the Louvre: When you're ov ...

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