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February 14, 2012
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Art Thiel on Michael Phelps
Kirsten Kendrick and Art Thiel (2009-02-27)
Michael Phelps swims to a win in the 200-meter individual medley finals with a time of 1 minute,59.26 seconds during the US Open Swimming Championships in West Lafayette, Ind., in this Nov. 30, 2006 file photo. The time was a new record for the US Open. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
SEATTLE, WA (KPLU) - Olympic champion Michael Phelps keeps feeling the repercussions of getting caught smoking marijuana. He lost two motivational speaking engagements in Canada this week on the heels of losing a contract with the Kellogg Company and getting suspended for three months by USA swimming. Seattle P-I sports columnist Art Thiel tells KPLU's Kirsten Kendrick that those who are overly critical of Phelps are hypocrites.
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