Swimming
Swimming is an enjoyable aerobic activity that can help children develop strength, flexibility, and endurance. A 1991 study found that the hundreds of thousands of young people enrolled in or...
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Slowly dripping salty sweat droplets accumulate onto Jane's reddened skin. Her new hot pink Nike swimsuit feels taut as she extends her muscular body off the starting block, flying across the clear bl...
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Beginning readers can practice their reading skills with this series that introduces some of the sports played during the Olympic Games. Each book has 16 full-color pages.The sale of this product h...
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Swimming Safety by Amy Green In the heat of summer, nothing compares to a day of swimming. Whether you’re at a pool, a lake or the ocean, here are some important tips to ensure that you...
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Of all the symbols that writers, artists, philosophers, and composers have used throughout human history, water may be the most powerful metaphor for change. Nine Ways to Cross a River is an exten...
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Slovenian Martin Strel approached the halfway point of his attempt to swim the entire length of the Amazon river Thursday, trying to avoid severe burns, alligators and the dreaded bloodsucking toot...
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When many people think of aid to Africa, they imagine sacks of grain for the starving or blankets for the homeless. But in Uganda, one charity is offering something different: swimming lessons. "Af...
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A kick here, a shove there. Bodies crash together in turns. And watch out for those stinging jellyfish! Just another day of open water swimming, where athletes challenge waves, wind and each other ...
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The next time this group goes hunting don't be surprised if they come back with a bass. Don Fitzhugh was fishing with his wife Gloria and three others on the Chesapeake last Thursday when they...
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Michael Phelps opened a dominating night for the United States at the world swimming championships as the first of three Americans to set world records.Phelps defeated Pieter Van Den Hoogenband in ...
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Magnifique!French star Virginie Dedieu won her third consecutive world synchronized swimming title in the solo free event Thursday night, spoiling Russia's bid for a golden sweep.Wearing a black V-...
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American swimming star Ian Crocker rarely has much to say. That all changes when he sits down at his computer.He muses about the beauty of the Italian language. He shifts to the jazz stylings of 19...
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