Michael Phelps Sports Illustrated Cover

So here is the superhuman himself, Michael Phelps, on the cover of Sports Illustrated, bearing the 8 gold medals he said he would win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Did he ever nail it.

The picture is not that big a deal however, as I was hoping that they would capitalize on his abs and chest, and not so much on his face and ears. But hey, you can't win them all, I guess.

So here is the cover of Sports Illustrated, which can be found on newsstands across North America on August 20, 2008.