Michael Phelps Is Human, Appears to Enjoy Touching the Skin of <em>Playboy</em> Playmates

If you have eight Olympic Golds, millions of dollars and you could just spend the rest of your life swimming metaphorical laps, what are you interested in? (Yes, you are Michael Phelps.) How about Playboy Playmates? Because that's something that might pique my interest for the remaining 60 years of my life.

And, according to Radar Online, Phelps may also have some interest in women who are paid to take their clothes off doing just that.

Radar Staff Writer Neel Shah spent the evening in Las Vegas (more on that later), and was kind enough to send along these fine photos of Olympic hero Michael Phelps "massively skeeving on girls at the Playboy Club" in that city's Palms Casino. Neel notes that the Olympian was accompanied by an entourage of striped-shirted schmucks, one of whose sole duties appeared to be pointing a flashlight at anyone attempting to photograph the swimmer during his efforts to obtain a gold medal in ass-grabbing. ("It was unreal," says Neel. "Within moments of entering the club he summoned two girls over... I've never seen such an aggressive grip.")

Sure, it's a little creepy that he's so over the top grope-y and whatnot, but come on; dude is rich and famous beyond his imagination.

Have you ever heard him talk about his social life and its non-existence based solely on the fact that he swims five miles a day and needs about four hours just to pound 12,000 calories?

The guy is dedicated enough to kill off 90 percent of the things he enjoys just to train so our freaking country can continue its worldwide athletic domination; if he wants to take a year and spend all 365 days in a strip club fondling Playmates before getting back on the exercise wagon, well, I'm all for that.

Athletes and Playboy Models

Olympic legend Michael Phelps has certainly lived the good life after his record-breaking performance in Beijing. Among his numerous party appearances, Phelps was also seen getting cozy with some Playboy Playmates. But Phelps isn't the only current or past athlete to be connected to Playboy models.

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St. Louis Blues player Dan Hinote recently married Playboy playmate Amy McCarthy, sister of 1994 Playmate of the Year Jenny McCarthy, at the Keystone Ranch in Colorado.

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NFL safety Adam Archuleta is currently engaged to Jennifer Walcott, who was the Playmate of the Month for August 2001. They had their first child together, Jett James Archuleta, on April 10.

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MLB outfielder and former All-Star Scott Podsednik, now with the Colorado Rockies, has been married to July 1998 Playmate of the Month Lisa Dergan since February 2006.

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Michael Andretti, former Formula One driver and son of racing legend Mario Andretti, married former beauty queen and 2000 Playboy Playmate of the Year Jodi Ann Paterson on October 7, 2006 in Napa, California.

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NFL washout and former No. 1 overall pick Tim Couch is married to the 1999 Playboy Playmate of the Year, Heather Kozar. Tim and Heather have a son together, Chase Scott Couch, who was born on August 5, 2005.

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On January 29, 2005, retired MLB star Mike Piazza married Alicia Rickter, who was selected Miss October 1995 and the 500th Playmate in history. Rickter gave birth to the couple's first child, Nicoletta Veronica Piazza, on February 5, 2007.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia married Carmella DeCesare, the 2004 Playboy Playmate of the Year, on April 21, 2007 in California. They have a daughter together, Presley, who was born on April 28.

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Former NFL linebacker Glenn Cadrez recently married Brande Roderick, who was a 'Baywatch' star and the 2001 Playmate of the Year.

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Not too long after NFL legend John Elway divorced his wife Janet Buchan in 2003, he reportedly had a short romance with Carrie Stevens, who was selected Playboy's Playmate of the Month in June 1997.

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