Curiosity about Michael Phelps’ girlfriend has put the Olympic champion back in the news. Everyone is asking, “Who is Michael Phelps’ girlfriend?” Well, she is Caroline “Caz” Pal, a 26-year-old waitress from Las Vegas.

But it is not the obsession about “Who is Phelps’ girlfriend?” that we’re celebrating in this cluster. It is his phenomenal history-making and record-breaking year that was recently capped off by Michael Phelps being named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year that we’re tipping our hat off to.

From helping the NBC Olympic coverage and Saturday Night Live to record TV ratings and countless endorsement deals to fun parodies and the constant fascination with his romantic life. We’re celebrating Phelps’ tremendous success in the year 2008.