The Two Most Famous Athletes In the World Shake Hands, Make Awkward Faces

It might not be "American Hockey Defeats the Soviet Union," but it is definitely sports news worth talking about.

Tiger Woods, a golfer you might have heard of, and Michael Phelps met briefly at Strata, a Manhattan nightclub where Tiger was promoting his new video game, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '09. These two guys shook hands (it appears) and look to be doing that awkward "lean-in" that experimental youth try to perfect for most of their pubescent lives.

Woods did speak on the Dan Patrick show about Phelps' accomplishment, and anytime Tiger compliments you, you've done something pretty darn special.

"He had to perform everyday. And it wasn't just one discipline. He had a variety of distances and disciplines he had to perform and he performed them at a level that no one has ever seen before."

If you're talking about people that have that unique ability to seize every moment, well, here they are. Tiger has never lost a major championship when leading after 54 holes and all Phelps did was win eight gold medals when he was the talk of the Olympics heading into Beijing.

My favorite part of this picture is the, gasp, non-Tiger Gatorade drink right behind our main man. What were they thinking?!?! Sports Illustrated also has a fairly hilarious picture of Phelps at the party, looking, for lack of a better term, like a fish out of water.