"They always said, 'You know, the one like Mark Spitz with all the medals,'" McDonell laughed. "It was certainly an idea that occurred to us."
On Wednesday, Sports Illustrated will unveil its exclusive photo on newsstands across the country. On the cover, a grinning and bare-chested Phelps, 23, displays eight medals splayed across his chest in a nod to the man whose record he broke.
"It is not lost on me that the Spitz picture is one of the most popular and iconic photos in all of sports," McDonell said.
McDonell said the cover was a way to visually and instantly portray the "dominant" story of the week.
"This is about Michael going forward, this is an image that our readers and others will remember.""

Cissy bought that Mark Spitz poster, framed it and put a crackle finish on it. I think it's still in the basement of g'ma and g'pa's house. Maybe it's worth something now.
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