RIO DE JANEIRO -- Standing atop the medal podium for the 23rd time, Michael Phelps teared up, bit his lip and gave a little nod.This was how he really wanted to go out.On top of his game in the water.Totally content away from the pool.It turned out pretty cool, Phelps said, another gold medal around his neck. Its just a perfect way to finish.Phelps put the United States ahead to stay on the butterfly leg of the 4x100-meter medley relay, giving the most decorated athlete in Olympic history his 23rd career gold medal Saturday night.If that was the end, and Phelps insists it is, the numbers are simply astonishing.No other Olympian has more than nine gold medals.With 28 medals in all, hes 10 clear of anyone else.Its not even once in a generation, said his coach, Bob Bowman. It might be once in 10 generations that someone like Michael Phelps comes along. As Nathan Adrian touched the wall to finish off the victory, Phelps gathered the other relay swimmers, Ryan Murphy and Cody Miller, in his arms. One night after his only setback of the games, an upset loss to Joseph Schooling in the 100 fly, Phelps was back on top.At age 31, he leaves Rio with five golds and a silver.I wouldnt change anything, he said. This is the best place Ive ever been in my life.In the stands, his fiancee, Nicole Johnson, bounced along to the music with their son, 3-month-old Boomer, cradled in her arms.Phelps is eager to spend a lot more time with them. He plans to marry Johnson after the Olympics and said he wants to watch his son grow, maybe even dole out a swimming lesson or two.And what if Boomer wants to take all those medals to show-and-tell someday?I might let him take one, Phelps said with a grin.Maybe a bronze, Bowman chimed in.Most of the U.S. swim team was in the stands to watch Phelps finale, including the biggest female star at the pool, Katie Ledecky.The 19-year-old Ledecky joked that she was proud to be part of Phelps final Olympics -- twice. He initially retired after the 2012 London Olympics, only to decide about a year later to return.The comeback endured a huge setback with his second drunken-driving arrest in 2014, which led to Phelps being banned from the world championships last year. But it also sparked a turnaround in his personal life. He entered six weeks of inpatient therapy, where he got in touch with some of the issues that seemed to lead him astray.He quit drinking, reconnected with his estranged father, got engaged, moved to Arizona along with Bowman, and became a father for the first time.Phelps sounds much more adamant when he says his swimming career really is over.These games really showed his growth, teammate Anthony Ervin said. That human spirit, that capacity to heal. I think it showed in his swimming, it showed in his demeanor, and it certainly showed in his leadership on the team.Phelps was elected a team captain for the first time in his fifth Olympics and truly seemed to enjoy being around his fellow swimmers. He was still the same ruthless competitor, but he was also willing to join in when some of his younger teammates made a carpool karaoke video at their final training camp in Atlanta.Took a starring role, in fact.Being Michael requires such isolation, Ervin said. Other people respect that. They give him that space because he is the greatest. But this time around he started reaching out, reaching out to other people, bringing them closer, letting that gap be bridged. That was special.On a victory stroll around the pool, Phelps and his teammates grabbed a sign that said, Thank You Rio.No matter what country you swim for, youre indebted to Michael Phelps for bringing a lot of exposure to the sport and making it a little more mainstream, Murphy said. If this is the end that was a great way to cap off an incredible career.Murphy, who won two backstroke golds in Rio, put the Americans out front with a world-record split -- it counts since he was leading off -- before Britain surged ahead on the breaststroke with its own world-record holder, Adam Peaty.Phelps dove into the pool in second place.He wouldnt be for long.On the return lap, Phelps powered through the water with his windmill of a stroke, surging ahead of James Guy to pass off a lead to the anchor Adrian.It wasnt in doubt after that. Adrian pulled away on the freestyle to win in an Olympic-record time of 3 minutes, 27.95 seconds. Britain held on for silver, with Australia nabbing bronze.The victory came just minutes after the womens medley relay gave the United States its 1,000th Olympic gold medal at the Summer Games.A thousandth gold for team USA, said Simone Manuel, who swam the anchor leg for her second gold of the games and second medal of the night. Its a nice number.Kathleen Baker, Lilly King and Dana Vollmer joined Manuel in the historic victory, which came with a time of 3:53.13. Australia earned silver, while Denmark took bronze.Earlier in the night, Manuel took silver in the 50 free. She already became the first African-American woman to win an Olympic swimming title with her win in the 100 free.Connor Jaeger gave the U.S. another silver in the 1,500 free, leaving the American with 33 swimming medals in Rio -- matching the highest total since they captured 34 against a depleted field at the boycotted Los Angeles Games of 1984.The U.S. also won 33 medals at Sydney in 2000.The final two individual golds of the games went to Pernille Blume of Denmark in the 50 free, her countrys first swimming victory since 1948, and Italys Gregorio Paltrinieri in the grueling 1,500 free.The night, though, belonged to Phelps, who walked out of the arena for the final time carrying an American flag handed to him by his mother from her front-row seat, right next to Johnson and little Boomer.With a gold medal around his neck.The only way imaginable.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . 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Clarksons actions one night earlier, leaping off the bench in defence of Kessel during a pre-season game against the Buffalo Sabres, will cost him the first 10 games of the regular season. CHASKA, Minn. -- Capsules of Sundays single matches at the Ryder Cup:Patrick Reed, United States, def. Rory McIlroy, Europe, 1 up.A leadoff match that lived up to its billing, 13 of the 18 holes were halved, and a four-hole stretch on the front nine left the gallery breathless. Reed squared the match by driving the fifth green to 8 feet for birdie. They halved the next two holes with birdies, and after McIlroy holed a 60-foot birdie putt on No. 8, Reed answered with a 35-foot birdie putt to halve. McIlroys putter cooled, however, starting with a 5-foot par putt on No 9 that would have won the hole. Reed went ahead with a 6-foot par on No. 12, McIlroy missed a 5-foot par that would have won the 13th, and Reed pulled 2 up with a birdie from the bunker on the 16th. With McIlroy in tight for a chance at a half, Reed closed him out with a 7-foot birdie.Henrik Stenson, Europe, def. Jordan Spieth, United States, 3 and 2.Spieth now is 0-4 in singles at the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup. He opened with a birdie and led through most of seven holes until Stenson birdied the eighth and nine to pull ahead, then took a 2-up lead on the 13th when Spieth went in the water. They matched birdies on the 15th, and Stenson ended it with an eagle on the 16.Thomas Pieters, Europe, def. J.B. Holmes, United States, 3 and 2.Holmes built a 2-up lead when Pieters opened with a bogey and Holmes made a birdie, only for Pieters to answer with two straight birdies. It was back-and-forth for most of the front nine until Pieters went ahead for good with a birdie on the par-5 11th. He won the 14th with a birdie to go 2 up, and closed out the match with a birdie on the 16th. Holmes made only three birdies.Rickie Fowler, United States, def. Justin Rose, Europe, 1 up.Fowler came into the Ryder Cup having never won a match, and he left having won two of them. Fowler made bogey on the opening hole to fall behind, and he never took the lead until a birdie on the par-5 16th. They halved the par-3 17th with pars, and Fowler dodged another bullet when Rose had a 12-foot birdie putt to halve the match on the 18th hole, only to leave it short. Rose had a six-match unbeaten streak coming into the week. He went 2-3-0 for the week.Rafa Cabrera Bello, Europe, def. Jimmy Walker, United States, 3 and 2.Walker was the only American who never had the lead at any point in his singles match. Cabrera Bello went 2 up when Walker bogeyed the par-3 fourth hole, and another bogey by Walker on No. 9 stretched the lead to 3 up. Walker ran off three straight birdies to cut the deficit to 1 down through 12 holes, only for the Spaniard to birdie the par-3 13th and closed out the match when Walker made bogey on the par-3 16th.Sergio Garcia, Europe, halved with Phil Mickelson, United States.Reed and McIlroy got all the attention, but Mickelson and Garcia played the best golf from start to finish. So good was the golf that Mickelson made four straight birdies and was only 1 up through five holes. Garcia won the first two holes on the back nine for a 1 up lead, Mickelson responded with a birdie on the toughest hole at No. 12, and it was a battle to the end. Garcia squared the match with a birdie on the 16th. Mickelson made an 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th, and Garcia matched his birdie from 10 feet. Micckelson made an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole, and Garcia matched him again from 8 feet to halve the match.dddddddddddd They combined for 19 birdies, and both would have shot 63 in medal play.Ryan Moore, United States, def. Lee Westwood, Europe, 1 up.Moore wasnt even on the team a week ago Sunday and wound up making the point that clinched victory for the American. Westwood shook off his missed 2-foot putt that cost Europe on Saturday afternoon. Neither player was more than 1 up until Westwood made a birdie on the 15th hole to go 2 up and appear headed to victory. Moore hit to 7 feet on the par-5 16th for an eagle, he birdied the 17th to square the match and he won on the 18th when Westwood went bunker-to-bunker and made bogey. His point gave the Americans 14 1/2 points needed to win the Ryder Cup.Brandt Snedeker, United States, def. Andy Sullivan, Europe, 3 and 1.Snedeker was the only player who went undefeated at Hazeltine. Sullivan had not played since Friday morning, and the Ryder Cup rookie came out firing with two birdies for a 2-up lead through three. He didnt make another birdie until the 16th hole. Snedeker made back-to-back birdies to go 2 up through eight holes. He matched birdies with Sullivan on the 16th to stay 2 up, and he put him away with a final birdie on the 17th hole that moved the Americans within a half-point of winning.Dustin Johnson, United States, def. Chris Wood, Europe, 1 up.Johnson has never lost a singles match in his three Ryder Cups, and this was the first one to reach the 18th hole. Johnson took the lead for good with a birdie on the par-3 eighth hole and he went 2 up with a birdie on No. 10. Johnson looked as though he would have the clinching point for the Americans until he missed a 4-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to go dormie. They halved the next two holes for a 1-up victory.Brooks Koepka, United States, def. Danny Willett, Europe, 5 and 4.The only American rookie to qualify for the team, Koepka had the shortest of singles matches. Willett struck first with a birdie on No. 2 and still lead until Koepka holed out for eagle on No. 7 for a 1-up lead. Koepka won three straight holes with a Willett bogey and two straight birdies, and he closed out the match by holing a 6-foot par to halve the 14th hole.Martin Kaymer, Europe, def. Matt Kuchar, United States, 1 up.Kuchar had four birdies in the opening seven holes to put the German on his heels, and this match appeared to be an American victory early. Kaymer didnt give away any holes, however, and cut the deficit to 1 down when Kuchar bogeyed the 13th hole. Kaymer took it from there with three straight birdies to build a 1-up lead, and they halved the final three holes.Zach Johnson, United States, def. Matt Fitzpatrick, Europe, 4 and 3.Fitzpatrick played only two matches in his Ryder Cup debut, and neither was memorable. He bogeyed the opening hole to fall behind and it took until his birdie on the par-3 eighth to square the match. He gave away the next hole with a bogey, Johnson went 2 up with a birdie on the 10th and he was on his way. Johnson played bogey-free, and his third birdie of the match on the 15th to win. ' ' '