Professional sports have become a global entertainment business. Deloitte’s 2024 Sports Industry Outlook forecasts that worldwide sports revenues will exceed US$200 billion by 2030, driven by ...

A 9,700-square-foot building in Union County has sold for $2.215 million to make way for a new swim school, according to real estate brokerage NAI DiLeo-Bram & Co. The buyer, 25 Taylor Holding LLC, ...

He’s not under arrest — but he sure could use a rest. In September, 49-year-old New Yorker Michael Moreau jumped off the southern tip of Manhattan — and didn’t emerge until he’d swum up the East River ...

It’s 8am and I’m standing at the edge of my local lake at Beckenham Place Park in London, the early morning sun just beginning to peek over the trees. A layer of mist is rising from the cold water and ...

The town was named Best Place to Live in the country and won the Tidy Towns Competition three times, yet remains relatively ...

Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 ...

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More than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning, marking the first open-river swim in the once-polluted urban waterway in nearly a century. After a false start last year, the ...

Hundreds of athletes ranging in age from 8 to 80-plus raced in the La Jolla Cove Swim on Sunday morning, taking part in the country’s second-oldest open-water swim. They swam past spectating sea lions ...

Three people have died in drowning incidents at Bean Point Beach on Anna Maria Island in the last month. The city is considering a permanent ban on swimming in the dangerous area. Bean Point is ...

The eighth annual Redondo Beach Swim the Avenues will take place on Sunday, Sept. 7. The event, an open water swim, will honor late Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand and a portion of the proceeds will ...

In David Foster Wallace’s thought-provoking parable, two young fish are swimming along when an older fish passes by and says, “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” The two young fish keep swimming. After ...