Phelps Out for Minnesota Grand Prix
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Rumors have been swirling since Tuesday that Michael Phelps had withdrawn from…
Richard Pound to Chair USA-Swimming Open Water Commission on Crippen Tragedy
USA Swimming has announced the five-person committee that will review the Fran Crippen situation specifically, and open water swimming in…
Arizona High School Swimmer Misses State Meet as a Result of a Clerical Error
At this past weekend’s Arizona high school swimming State Championships, there was a notable swimmer missing from the Division I…
FINA Sports Medicine Committee Approves of Dubai Facility for World Short Course Championships
The FINA Sports Medicine Committee received a private tour of the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex in Dubai…
USA-Swimming Calls for Help From Swimming Community in Fran Crippen Investigation
USA-Swimming, which has launched its own investigation into the death of open water star Fran Crippen two weeks ago independent…
Young Kenyan Breaks One of Oldest Records in Major Swimming-43 years in the making
Very few records of any significance survived the onslaught of the rubber suits that that dominated the swimming scene during…
FINA Announces Specific Task Force Members for Crippen Investigation
FINA has announced in a press release the task force that will investigate the tragic death of American Open Water…
World Record Holder Pierse Gets Dengue Fever as Commonwealth Games Souvenir
Canada’s Annamay Pierse, who is the world record holder in the 200 breaststroke, left the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India…
USA Swimming Fined in Preliminary Proceedings of Sexual Abuse Case
The first tally in the civil cases alleging a USA-Swimming institutional coverup of goes to the plantiffs, as a judge…
FINA to Assemble Task Force to Investigate Crippen's Death
FINA announced in a press release on it’s official website this morning that they would be assembling a Task Force,…
Taiwan to Promote National Swimming Program-Should America Too?
Taiwanese officials have announced that they are launching a national swimming initiative that aims to move national swimming proficiency in…
More Details Surfacing in Crippen's Death: Updated with Comments
As would be expected as people begin to wrap their heads around the tragedy that happened yesterday in the UAE…
Immediate Focus Turns to Teammates in the Aftermath of Crippen Tragedy
There are many questions to be asked about the tragedy that happened this morning in UAE that resulted in the…
U.S. Open Water star Crippen dies during race
Fran Crippen, 26, died today during a World Cup marathon race in the United Arab Emirates. While competing in an…
Bousquet, World's Top Sprinter, Gets Doping Ban…And Nobody Cares.
Imagine if when your Friday morning paper came out, the headline of the front page of the Sports section was about…