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USOC Makes Right Decision in Rejecting USA Swimming Athlete Partnership Plan
USOC Makes Right Decision in Rejecting USA Swimming Athlete Partnership Plan
USOC Makes Right Decision in Rejecting USA Swimming Athlete Partnership Plan
USOC Makes Right Decision in Rejecting USA Swimming Athlete Partnership Plan
Stopkotte Reaches Settlement With USA-Swimming
Rice Loses Jaguar Sponsorship for Using Homophobic Slur, Reminds Us of Increased Exposure of Swimming
Rice Loses Jaguar Sponsorship for Using Homophobic Slur, Reminds Us of Increased Exposure of Swimming
Rice Loses Jaguar Sponsorship for Using Homophobic Slur, Reminds Us of Increased Exposure of Swimming
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Rice Loses Jaguar Sponsorship for Using Homophobic Slur, Reminds Us of Increased Exposure of Swimming
Posted on September 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsIn the most public reminder to date that top swimmers are becoming more mainstream, and thus can less afford to hide behind the anonymity afforded by the public indifference, a homophobic slur used by Australian superstar Stephanie Rice on her Twitter feed has cost her a... -
Which Was the Greatest US Men’s Olympic Team Ever?
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsThe swimming community has been abuzz over the last week with the debate over who, behind Michael Phelps, is the second-greatest all-around swimmer of all time. When you look down the list of candidates, something jumps out at you: Many of these swimmers swam on... -
Stopkotte Reaches Settlement With USA-Swimming
Posted on August 31, 2010 | 2 CommentsAn arbitration hearing held yesterday to decide the fate of Ken Stopkotte was cancelled as the result of a settlement he reached with both USA-Swimming and Indiana Swimming. The accusation of Stopkotte falsifying times has been one of the hottest stories in swimming over the... -
New Poll: How Heinous is Falsifying Swimmers’ Times?
Posted on August 30, 2010 | 7 CommentsWith the recent escalation of accusations against Ken Stopkotte, an Indiana swim coach who seems to have falsified swimmers’ times, it got me thinking: How wrong is making up times? It’s obviously not on the level of sexual abuse, but on the spectrum, how bad... -
Lochte vs Clary vs Phelps: Who Wins the 400 IM in 2012
Posted on August 30, 2010 | 6 CommentsThe 2010 Pan Pacific games raised several significant questions, but also punctuated a number of pertinent performances. One of the larger and more obvious comments that we have heard is the level of conditioning (both mental and physical) of the phenom that is Michael Phelps;... -
2010-2011 NCAA Outlook: No. 12 Minnesota Women Return All 12 NCAA Qualifiers
Posted on August 26, 2010 | No CommentsOver the next few weeks, as the Long Course season closes out, new freshman are arriving on campus, and fans everywhere ramp up for another exciting NCAA Season, we will be running a team-by-team preview of the upcoming NCAA season. Starting with the no.12 teams... -
The Pan Pacs Need to Reexamine Finaling Procedures
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 4 CommentsThe Pan Pacific Championships left a funny taste in my mouth. Not because they weren’t well-run, as the folks in Irvine did a fabulous job of putting on a great meet for the fans and athletes. And not because there wasn’t fast swimming, as there... -
Duel in the Pool: Yolane Kukla vs. Missy Franklin
Posted on August 16, 2010 | 1 CommentOne of the most intriguing showdowns of this week’s Pan-Pacific Championships will be between two swimmers who will only swim a single race against each other. If, somehow, you still don’t know the names Missy Franklin and Yolane Kukla, then you need to learn them,... -
Legends of the Pool: Tracy Caulkins, The Most Underrated Swimmer Ever
Posted on August 12, 2010 | No CommentsWhile today’s class of swimmers are breaking records at a clip never before seen, they are not the first swimming superstars. Before there was Phelps and Lochte, Cielo and Bernard, Coughlin and Hardy, there was a whole slew of swimming innovators that revolutionized the sport.... -
What We Learned from the 2010 ConocoPhillips US Nationals
Posted on August 10, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe 2010 National Championships were one of the stranger ones on record. Between virtual unknown David Plummer knocking off Aaron Peirsol to steal the 100 back crown, Ryan Lochte’s shoes, Josh Schneider’s DQ and subsequent appeals, and the reemergence of Amanda Beard, nothing was a...
