Top Swimmers Recovering From Injuries

U.S. National swim champions Kurt Grote and Gary Hall Jr. are recovering from recent injuries. Grote, a student at Stanford Medical School, recently underwent exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his right

ESPN Will Televise World Cup Swimming

USA Swimming announced that ESPN will televise the FINA World Cup (December 1 and 2) in College Station, Texas. The 1 hour tape-delayed broadcast will be the 6th time this

Eric Rudolph Faces Bombing Charges

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eric Robert Rudolph has been charged with the 1996 Olympic bombing and two other attacks in Atlanta. A criminal complaint charges Rudolph with the Olympic blast and

Litsky Honored

New York Times sportswriter Frank Litsky was named the recipient of the Al Schoenfield Media Award. Litsky has been a sportswriter and editor of the Times for 40 years and

New ISHOF Head

Bob Duenkel has been named the new executive director of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. ISHOF, which opened a branch of the Hall of Fame in Japan last year,

Armstrong Re-retires

Australia’s Duncan Armstrong, 30, 1988 Olympic champ, has decided to re-retire, after announcing he would make a comeback for Sydney 2000. Armstrong was hoping to earn a spot on the

Byron Is Back!

Byron Davis, 26, who just missed making the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team, has unretired and is back in the water training for the 2000 Olympic Games under Coach Mark Schubert

No Way, Bill May

A Pan-American Games spokesman has ruled that U.S. male synchro star Bill May, 19, will not be allowed to compete at the Pan-Ams in Canada next summer. May won 2