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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Michael Phelps wants to dive into Silicon Valleys investment opportunities as he tries to make the transition from Olympic swimming star and product pitchman to entrepreneur.I would love to get involved, whether its in a couple little startups here and there, take a little risk, have some fun and see where it goes, Phelps said in an interview during a recent visit to San Jose, California, while appearing at Intuits QuickBooks software conference.For now, Phelps isnt providing any details about what he is going to do, though he says he has been getting advice from venture capitalists and other experienced investors in Silicon Valley startups.Getting into tech investing would be a new direction for Phelps, whose business experience to date consists mostly of his own line of swimwear and endorsement deals with the likes of Under Armour, Visa and Wheaties.These and other big brands have paid him an estimated $75 million during his career. Thats far more than the $1.65 million that he received from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Speedo for winning a record 28 medals, including 23 golds, in five Olympics. Hes still promoting products; he is currently doing commercials for computer chipmaker Intel in a campaign that began in October.Whatever he does next, Phelps isnt ready to start his own investment fund, like retired Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant did earlier this year with entrepreneur Jeff Stibel. And if Phelps has ideas for founding a startup of his own, hes keeping them to himself.Making the leap from pitchman to businessman wont be easy, said David Carter, executive director of the University of Southern Californias Marshall Sports Business Institute. Athletes come and go and many talk a big game, but they dont follow through, he said. Phelps is really going to have commit to learning about business and demonstrate his seriousness about it.Other celebrities have ventured into the tech industry in search of riches, with decidedly mixed results.Notable successes include rapper and record producer Dr. Dre, who was part of the founding team that sold Beats to Apple for $3 billion 2014. Actor Ashton Kutcher co-founded an investment fund in 2010 that made early investments in startups such as the ride-hailing service Uber, the home rental-service Airbnb and the music streaming service Spotify. The funds value had soared to $250 million from $30 million, based on a review of its books earlier this year by Forbes magazine.Among the flops: HJR Capital, a tech-investment firm that collapsed in 2009, a decade after former San Francisco 49er lineman Harris Barton founded it and later enticed ex-teammates Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott to join him. In Rhode Island, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling started a video game company that went bankrupt in 2012.Phelps is exploring ways to expand his business ventures beyond a line of swimwear and other clothing bearing his MP logo. Other products are in the pipeline for next year, though he wont say what.I am getting my feet wet, Phelps said with a grin. 2017 will be a big year. Doug Harvey Jersey . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. Dominic Moore Canadiens Jersey . Klitschkos management company says the bout will be the Ukrainian fighters 25th world championship fight. The 1.83-meter (6-foot) Leapai defeated the previously unbeaten Denis Boytsov in November to become the WBOs mandatory challenger. http://www.canadienssale.com/authentic-mike-reilly-canadiens-jersey/ . Numbers Game examines the deal that sees Michael Del Zotto and Kevin Klein switch places. The Predators Get: D Michael Del Zotto. 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If the White Sox hope to be a player in the pennant race, theyll need to hit the reset button quickly on their second half.We need to score runs, manager Robin Ventura said. Offensively, weve got to pick it up. Scoring one in a series is not going to do it for us.Narvaez got his first big-league hit in his first at-bat, and he scored Chicagos first run since July 9 on Eatons double moments later in the third inning. The White Sox also got a promising big-league debut from touted right-hander Carson Fulmer, who pitched two innings of one-hit relief.But Pujols and the Angels lit up spot starter Jacob Turner (0-1), who got the ball because Ventura wanted All-Star Game starter Chris Sale to get an extra day off. Turner yielded seven hits and eight runs in his debut for the White Sox, who have lost four straight.You work hard to get back here, so you appreciate any opportunity you get, Turner said. But there were just too many pitches where I didnt execute.During the Angels first series sweep since mid-May, Hector Santiago, Matt Shoemaker and Weaver (8-7) became the first consecutive Los Angeles starters to go seven innings since July 2015.Chicago never threatened to do much against Weaver, who repeatedly tricked overeager hitters into harmless popups. With his fastball showing a bit more speed than usual after 10 days off, Weaver beat the White Sox for the eighth time in his last eight starts against them since 2011, giving up just six hits.You sit there and you marvel at the fact that its not going very hard, VVentura said.dddddddddddd Speed isnt anything to alarm you about, but he almost throws it under that, anything thats a comfortable hitting speed. He takes a little off. Big curveball. Nothing seems to be in the middle of the plate.After their worst first half since 1992, the injury-plagued Halos (40-52) returned from the All-Star break and escaped sole possession of last place in the AL West, pulling even with Oakland.Our motto is just to go out there and have some fun, Weaver said. Obviously were not in the position wed like to be, but thats not going to deter from going out there and competing. A sweep against a team like this is a step in the right direction.Pujols connected in the first and fourth innings of his 53rd multi-homer game. He has 577 career homers as he pursues Mark McGwire (583) for 10th place on baseballs career list.Pujols improved to 4 for 4 with three homers and six RBI in his career against Turner, who hadnt pitched in the big leagues since 2014.Obviously we didnt have a great first half, but thats the way you want to start the second half, Pujols said.FIRST TASTESNarvaez got his milestone hit in his first career at-bat, driving a double to left-center. The 24-year-old Venezuelan catcher hadnt played for the White Sox since being recalled 11 days earlier.Along with Narvaez, the 22-year-old Fulmer also made his big-league debut. The eighth overall pick in the 2015 draft was called up from Double-A Birmingham before the series. It was impressive, Ventura said.TRAINERS ROOMWhite Sox: 3B Matt Davidson (broken foot) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Turner.Angels: Geovany Soto was scratched before the game with discomfort in his left knee.UP NEXTWhite Sox: Sale (14-3, 3.38 ERA) goes after his sixth victory in seven starts when Chicago begins a three-game series in Seattle.Angels: Nick Tropeano (3-2, 3.12 ERA) will make his third start since returning to the rotation in early July when Los Angeles hosts Texas. ' ' '