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2010 Pan Pacs Day 4: Instant Analysis of the Last (and Best) Finals Session

As I mentioned in the preview, this is the finals session that I am the most excited to watch. Between…

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2010 Pan Pacs Day 4: Picks, Predictions, and Previews

This is the final day of pool-action from the 2010 Pan-Pacific Championships, and it’s also the day that I am…

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2010 Pan Pacs Day 3: Live Finals Recaps and Analysis, As it Happens!

For All of our Coverage of the 2010 Pan-Pac Championships, click on the 2010 Pan-Pac Championships tag at the bottom…

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2010 Pan Pacs: Day 3 Preview, Picks, and Headlines

Top Headlines 1) Phelps shoots for a record – The men’s 100 fly will be the first shot we’ll see…

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2010 Pan Pacs Miday Day Report: WR Holders Sneak In to Finals

A pair of WR holders barely snuck in to the A-final thanks to countries with more than two top-8 swimmers,…

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2010 Pan Pacs Day 2: Picks, Predictions, and Previews

Top Headlines For Day 2 1) The star-studded men’s 100 free– Nathan Adrian, Brett Hayden, Eamon Sullivan, and Cesar Cielo…

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Pan Pacs 2010: Day 1 Picks, Predictions, Previews

And we’re off! Not too long ago, the Pan-Pacific Championships were viewed as a second-class international meet that existed as…

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Phelps, Soni, Lochte Set to Challenge World Records at Pan-Pacs

This week at the Pan-Pacs will finally return some of the record-breaking excitement that we became accustomed to over the…

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Pan-Pacs 2010: Odds and Ends from Monday Before the Championships

We learned a little bit more about who would be swimming what at the 2010 Pan-Pac Championships on Monday. Via…

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Pan Pacs 2010: 9 Big Things When Picking Through the Psych Sheets

Now that the Psych Sheets are up for the 2010 Pan-Pacs, and David Reider has initiated a Pan-Pac prediction contest…

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Legends of the Pool: Tracy Caulkins, The Most Underrated Swimmer Ever

While today’s class of swimmers are breaking records at a clip never before seen, they are not the first swimming…

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What We Learned from the 2010 ConocoPhillips US Nationals

The 2010 National Championships were one of the stranger ones on record. Between virtual unknown David Plummer knocking off Aaron…

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Nationals Day 4: Preview

As we chug along to day 4 of the 2010 National Championships, we’ve had tons of exciting swims so far….

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Nationals Day 3: Mid-day Update

Women’s 100 breaststroke When fans at the William Wollett Jr. Aquatic Center looked up at the scoreboard in just the…

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It's Official: Phelps Greatest American Swimmer Ever

On Day 2 at the 2010 ConocoPhillips National Championships, what we all knew became official: Michael Phelps is the greatest…

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