{"id":4042,"date":"2012-06-27T22:10:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T02:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4042"},"modified":"2012-06-27T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T02:11:12","slug":"olympic-champion-michael-phelps-surrounds-himself-with-dukes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4042","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Champion Michael Phelps Surrounds Himself With Dukes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Michael-Phelps-I-bleed-purple.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"4043\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=4043\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Michael-Phelps-I-bleed-purple.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Michael Phelps-I bleed purple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Michael-Phelps-I-bleed-purple.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Michael-Phelps-I-bleed-purple.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4043\" title=\"Michael Phelps-I bleed purple\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Michael-Phelps-I-bleed-purple.jpg?resize=614%2C461\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Michael-Phelps-I-bleed-purple.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Michael-Phelps-I-bleed-purple.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>On Monday there wasn&#8217;t a Dukes fan to be found anywhere near Michael Phelps and he came up short in the 400-meter IM against Ryan Lochte. Earlier tonight Phelps drew support from a Dukes fan looking over his shoulder and he beat Lochte in the 200-meter freestyle. Do the math people.<\/p>\n<p><em>h\/t to reader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MShackapopolis\" data-user-id=\"270857219\"><s>@<\/s><strong>MShackapopolis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for sending us the photo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4042&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday there wasn&#8217;t a Dukes fan to be found anywhere near Michael Phelps and he came up short in the 400-meter IM against Ryan Lochte. Earlier tonight Phelps drew support from a Dukes fan looking over his shoulder and he beat Lochte in the 200-meter freestyle. Do the math people. h\/t to reader\u00a0@MShackapopolis\u00a0for sending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[302,303],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4197,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4197","url_meta":{"origin":4042,"position":0},"title":"JMUSB at the Olympics (sort of)","date":"August 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"One of JMU Sports Blog's very own readers, Drew Savage, had the chance to go to London for the 2012 Olympic Games. We linked up with him before he left and were hoping he'd be able to catch one of the three JMU Olympians in action and report back to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/blog2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9294,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9294","url_meta":{"origin":4042,"position":1},"title":"JMU Softball Win Highlights Big Sports Weekend","date":"February 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, we're leading with JMU softball, despite the fact that the men's basketball team played its regular season finale over the weekend. The softball team split a pair on the road against the #2 nationally ranked Auburn Tigers. The Dukes snapped the Tigers' 13 game winnings streak with a 1-0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8533,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8533","url_meta":{"origin":4042,"position":2},"title":"Spring Tourneys Daily Update","date":"May 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"No guarantees here, but we're gonna try and give you a daily update (at least on gamedays) for as long as these rare, late post-graduation runs from Lacrosse and Softball last. We're starting now because our high hopes for softball in particular will be greatly enhanced if the Dukes handle\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"softball","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/JMUsoftball655x3772.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7998,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7998","url_meta":{"origin":4042,"position":3},"title":"Guest Post: Welcome to Dreamworld","date":"September 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week s2dsayer won the prediction contest and earned the right to guest post. Here's his take on the fantasy world JMU might one day find itself in. Welcome to Dreamworld! Howdy out there my fellow Dukes, it\u2019s a pleasure and an honor to be the guest blogger this week.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Buttercup (who's far more macho than he looks) is clearly a Dukes fan...note the purple and gold!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unicorn-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6914,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6914","url_meta":{"origin":4042,"position":4},"title":"JMU Fan Confidence After Week 1","date":"September 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[polldaddy poll=8280544]Last week we kicked of our new fan confidence poll and asked readers if they thought JMU was playoff bound. A resounding 84% of poll respondents said \"yes\" the Dukes will make the playoffs. Now we're one game into the season and the Dukes are coming off a pretty\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6610,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6610","url_meta":{"origin":4042,"position":5},"title":"Great Season Ends for Women&#8217;s Hoops","date":"March 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The JMU Dukes women's hoops team fell to #3 Texas A&M 85-69 in a game that was much closer and more competitive than the final score would indicate. \u00a0We could complain forever about the officiating in this game (and how much we'd rather watch players play than refs act the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4042"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4047,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4042\/revisions\/4047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}