Mark Spitz

Alan "Human Fish" Ford, Top Freestyler in 1940s, Is Dead at 84 -- Broke "Tarzan's" Record

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:52 AM EST Thirty-six years before Michael Phelps, in a Beijing swimming pool, became the standard-bearer for how fast a human being could move through the water, there was Mark...

Morning Swim Show: Retro Look at 2006 Golden Goggles Award

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 17. HOST Brent Rutemiller, dressed in his tuxedo, awaits the start of this evening's Golden Goggles Award's dinner and presentations in New York City by looking back at the...

Top 15 Greatest Sports Moments of All Time

Fifteen of the sporting moments that will be forever remembered in history.^Fifteen of the sporting moments that will be forever remembered in history.^Fifteen of the sporting moments that will be forever remembered in history....

Whelliston: Mid-major preview

The heady days of Gonzaga's multiple-year tourney runs and George Mason's Final Four run are past. Mid-major conferences have fallen on hard times the past few years come tourney time. But don't be surprised to see some...

Mr Carew Passes Away

Australian swimming has lost one of its greatest coaches with the death overnight of master coach John Carew, aged 81. The man who guided Kieren Perkins to two Olympic gold medals died peacefully in his Brisbane home after a...

Bush Nazis Are a Public Health Hazard

Like the Butcher of Hanover, they have GHW Bush talking to me in a little girl's voice, saying that is proof that he is not one of the most detestable people there is. The Butcher probably gave us the hickey and the sweet Nazi...

ISHOF's Bruce Wigo Honored by World Waterpark Association

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, October 31. BRUCE Wigo, the CEO of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, was awarded the Kelly Ogle Memorial Safety Award at the annual World Waterpark Association's 28th Annual ...

Michael Phelps Envisions The Pasta-bilities

By Rocco "Boss Hog" Loosbrock Wow, it turns out that Gold Medal record busting swimmer Michael Phelps, otherwise known as "The Fastest Man In The World" proudly and passionately pigs out on piles and piles of pasta and pizza!...

Obama's Letter Was Answer To A Little Boy's Request

When Amy Mondschein dashed into Solomon Schechter Day School last Thursday, the head of the school and her son's teacher were waiting. The Enfield resident, whose son is a second-grader at the Jewish day school, was running...

Phelps causes biggest splash

Michael Phelps insists his main aim in life is to raise the profile of swimming in the United States. For a start, the competition in the pool in 2004 is much tougher than it was 32 years ago in Munich, when Spitz set the world...

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