Cha-ching!

Michael Phelps deserves everything he gets. That boy is a FISH and did great things for this country during the Olympics. Looks like his latest venture involves a sports drink that promises to give you gills if you drink it. 

Eight time gold medal winner, Michael Phelps, launched PureSport, his sports performance beverage of choice which he used to train for and during the Olympics, at Sports Authority in Chicago, IL on Saturday, November 1.

Athletes peak and retire at a young age, so they better have a backup plan. Fortunately for Michael Phelps, he does...become an actor and join a hit TV show!

Michael has been offered a recurring role on Entourage.  He's playing himself.

After shooting one scene, Jeremy Pivens said,

"I could see him coming back as one of the boys. I can see (my character) Ari being very aggressive in recruiting him to represent him and also stopping at nothing to poach him from another client. That's what Ari would do." 

And the producer of the show, Doug Ellin, talks about how crazy it was while they were filming,

"It was the coolest thing in the world. When he showed up, I'm not exaggerating, city buses stopped and people started yelling and within five minutes we couldn't even shoot."

Carrie Underwood admitted that she has a little crush on Michael Phelps, and when reporters told him about it, he definitely seemed flattered.  Now rumor has it that the two are turning their crushes into reality.

They're supposedly planning a“quiet first date,” via text messages somewhere in Nashville near where Carrie lives. But, I'm guessing he's not going to take her out to eat.  Michael said,

“I’m not so sure you’d want to see me eat! It might not make a great first impression.”

She definitely seems to have a thing for athletes! So, what do you think of this possible couple?  Do they seem like they'd be good for each other?

If you're into the Olympics (or just attractive men with no shirts) then you'll probably be happy to know that we can expect to see a lot more of Michael Phelps in the upcoming year. Aside from all the other major promotions he's doing, the golden boy just signed a contract with a $1 million advance to write Built to Succeed. The book, due out in December, will,

describe the Olympian's philosophy on training and competition along with his backstory of growing up with a single mom as well as a attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

And while we're on the subject of Phelps, I'm just curious...what do you think of him choosing not to endorse Wheaties and going with a more unhealthy cereal instead?  Nutritionists around the world are pretty angry, but I guess he's got to go where the money is....right?