A shark bite has been reported by a long distance swimmer at Southern California's Catalina Island. According to KTLA via Yahoo News, a swimmer in his 50s was doing a long-distance channel swim from ...

In the dark of night on July 21, long-distance swimmer Catherine Breed emerged from Lake Tahoe at Skylandia Park, near Tahoe City, and cracked open a Pabst Blue Ribbon with her boyfriend.She’d just ...

VINEYARD HAVEN — A British-South African endurance athlete crossed the finish line of his 62-mile multi-day swim around Martha’s Vineyard on Monday, becoming the first person to swim all the way ...

Editor’s Note: This story was first published on July 18, 2018. It is reprinted here as part of our year end coverage. The Catalina Channel, the English Channel and the Island of Manhattan are all ...

A British-South African endurance athlete became the first person to swim around the island of Martha’s Vineyard on Monday, completing a 60-mile (97-kilometer) trek over multiple days to raise ...

Katie Pumphrey, a Baltimore open-water ultra-marathon swimmer, is preparing for another long-distance challenge, her third English Channel crossing. Pumphrey completed a six-hour swim on Thursday in ...

In arguably the greatest male race for the U.S. team at the Paris Olympics, Bobby Finke defended his 1500 freestyle Olympic gold medal in stunning fashion, taking down controversial Chinese swimmer ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Maarten van der Weijden beat leukemia and went on to win an Olympic gold swimming medal in Beijing, but even his powers of endurance weren't enough to complete his latest ...

Sharessa Gutierrez practices swimming at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in South Omaha on Thursday. Sharessa Gutierrez with the Omaha Masters. The group, open to all ages and abilities, meets for ...

For the most part, summer is every young swimmer’s dream. Beautiful, sunny swim meets, post-practice ice cream, and fun await swimmers who dedicate their summer to the sport. There’s a relaxation to ...

Saltwater crocodiles are incredible creatures. They'vespread themselves all over the Indo-Pacific region, even though long ...