By SARAH BRUMFIELD, Associated Press Writer
By SARAH BRUMFIELD, Associated Press Writer
Published
08/19/08
BALTIMORE — About 1,000 people in Michael Phelps' hometown celebrated with a "Phelpstival" four years ago when he brought back six gold medals and two bronzes from the Athens Olympics.
Officials are thinking expansion now that Phelps' latest eight-medal haul is all gold — a record — and he is the winningest Olympian of all time with 16 medals.
A parade, keys to suburban Baltimore County and a street renamed for him — staples of the 2004 celebration — somehow just don't seem like enough this time around.
"He's so big and so global now, I'm sure we'll try to top...
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