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- New York Post
Olympic great Michael Phelps lends swimming expertise to hometown Ravens after players ask for assistance
While many of the Baltimore Ravens players have certainly excelled on the football gridiron, some of the NFL athletes apparently struggle in the swimming pool. After defensive back Marlon Humphrey and some of his Ravens teammates admitted they did not know how to swim, the team turned to a local expert for guidance. Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, certainly knows a thing or two about swimming techniques. Humphrey posted a social media video calling on the retired competitive swimmer and Baltimore native to lend the city's football team a helping hand. The video showed Humphrey, safety Kyle Hamilton, offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley, and tight end Charlie Kolar standing in the pool. 'Did you know that one in three Ravens cannot swim,' Hamilton said in the video. 'Come to Ravens training camp in this beautiful aquatics center and teach us how to swim,' Humphrey adds. 4 Baltimore Ravens players plead with Michael Phelps to teach the team how to swim at their aquatics facility. Marlon Humphrey/Instagram 4 The players said 1 in 3 Ravens revealed they don't know who to swim during training camp. Marlon Humphrey/Instagram Phelps seemed amenable to the idea, replying: 'I got yall!!! Let's do it!!' Kolar said after practice Wednesday that he didn't realize Humphrey was going to post the video. 'I should have known. It's so on brand,' Kolar said. 'I thought it was going to be like a story or maybe sent to him, but I should have known better. I should have known better.' 4 Michael Phelps in the pool after winning the silver medal in the men's 100-meter butterfly at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in Aug. 12, 2016. AP 4 Michael Phelps and Raven's linebacker Ray Lewis during player introductions before a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 10, 2012. AP Phelps won 23 gold medals during his storied Olympic career. He was selected as the flag bearer for Team USA at the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
UPI
a day ago
- UPI
Trump to sign order bringing Presidential Fitness Test back to schools
July 31 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday alongside his professional athlete friends to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test in schools. The executive order signing event will host golfer Bryson DeChambeau, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, retired champion golfer Annika Sorenstam and Paul "Triple H" Levesque of World Wrestling Entertainment. In Trump's second term, the United States will host the 2025 Ryder Cup, 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics. DeChambeau will chair the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, the White House confirmed. He is a friend of Trump and has been seen on the campaign trail with him. The order advises the council to create school-based programs that reward achievements in physical education. It will also reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test, first created in 1966 and was administered in public middle and high schools. The test was replaced in 2013 with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, which touted living an active and healthy lifestyle. Other sports issues in the president's second term have been to demand the NFL's Washington Commanders to change their name back to the Redskins and to issue an executive order banning transgender women in women's sports. Former President Barack Obama killed the test in 2012 and replaced it with an assessment called the FitnessGram focused on improving individual health. "President Trump wants every young American to have the opportunity to emphasize healthy, active lifestyles - creating a culture of strength and excellence for years to come," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN in a statement.
CNN
a day ago
- CNN
Trump set to revive the Presidential Fitness Test while hosting professional athletes at White House
President Donald Trump will be joined by professional athletes on Thursday to sign an executive order that will expand on his council on sports, fitness and nutrition, including by reviving the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools, White House officials told CNN. The event, which will feature golfer Bryson DeChambeau, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, among others, comes as the US prepares to host the 2025 Ryder Cup, 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics — all of which are major feathers in Trump's cap for his second term. The president, who often boasts that he gets to oversee the milestone sporting events, has been heavily invested in making them a success. He has also used his bully pulpit to reshape cultural issues, many of which have been tied directly to sports, including new policies on transgender athletes and threatening the Washington Commanders to change its name back to the 'Redskins' or potentially face restrictions on a major stadium deal. This initiative appears as an attempt to build on that momentum. The order will formally reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test, first introduced by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, creating school-based programs that reward 'excellence in physical education' and developing criteria for a Presidential Fitness Award, according to details of the order obtained by CNN. The test, which will be administered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., brings back the fitness challenge that permeated public schools from 1966 to 2012 and anointed children who received the highest scores with presidential recognition. Former President Barack Obama abandoned the test in 2012 and replaced it with an assessment called the FitnessGram focused on bettering individual health. 'President Trump wants every young American to have the opportunity to emphasize healthy, active lifestyles — creating a culture of strength and excellence for years to come,' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN in a statement. The order, which the White House says addresses 'the widespread epidemic of declining health and physical fitness,' instructs the presidential council to partner with professional athletes, sports organizations and influential figures. Many of those high-profile individuals will join Trump tomorrow in the White House's Roosevelt Room and become formal members of the council. All of them have close ties to the president. DeChambeau, a Trump favorite who currently plays on the LIV Golf League and recently visited the White House where he played golf on the South Lawn, is being named chairman of the council. Butker met with the president in the Oval Office earlier this year. The kicker set off waves of criticism last year after he said in a controversial commencement speech that a woman's accomplishments in the home are more valuable than any academic or professional goals and called Pride Month a 'deadly sin,' among other things. Butker later defended his address and emphasized his Catholic faith. Taylor, a New York City sports star during Trump's golden years in the 1980s and 1990s, has spoken at the president's campaign rallies. Other attendees expected at the Thursday event include Cody Campbell, a former college football player and the head of Texas Tech's Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) collective who has been a key voice contributing to Trump's policies on college sports; Paul 'Triple H' Levesque, the WWE's Chief Content Officer and 14-time World Champion who is the public face of a company that has a decades-long relationship with Trump; Annika Sorenstam, a Swedish professional golfer considered one of the most successful female golfers in history; and Stephen Soloway, a New Jersey physician who served on Trump's sports council during his first term. This piece has been updated with a fresh statement from the White House.
