Everybody wants a piece of Michael Phelps, including myself.  It seems that PureSport, a sports drink based in Austin, had the right idea – Get a piece of Phelps before he demolishes all type of Olympic Records and has big name Corporate sponsors knocking down his door. Michael and teammates Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen and Ian Crocker all signed on to endorse the Austin startup company last year.  And now thanks to the Golden boy, the energy drink has become quite popular.  Of course PureSport has used Michael’s star status to hock their drink plastering his face all over packaging. They also are lucky enough to get Michael seven days out of the year to which, according to CEO Michael Humphrey, ‘We book the hell out of him.

Texas Exes Celebrating

Let’s just take a moment to acknowledge all of the athletes who wore the burnt orange while participating in the Olympic Games in Beijing.  Let us also take a moment to acknowledge the amazing bodies of the men….and the women….but ESPECIALLY the men. Who knew swimmers were so ripped?  The Austin, Texas contingency raked in 14 medals with Longhorn Aaron Peirsol leading the way with three medals in the pool.