Experts detail the benefits of swimming, from strengthening your muscles to reducing inflammation and boosting your mental health—and how to get started. Swimming offers a low-impact exercise with ...

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, which means many entrepreneurs’ minds are turning towards beach getaways, lakeside camping trips, or lazy days at the pool with the kids.

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

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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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dozens of qualified swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning. The Chicago River Swim marked the return of competitive open-water swimming in the river in nearly a ...

CHICAGO – Every year, the plumbers' union dyes it green. The Dave Matthews Band once infamously dumped 800 pounds of poop into it. And at least one section became known for the bubbles produced by ...

For over 5 years, Arthur has been professionally covering video games, writing guides and walkthroughs. His passion for video games began at age 10 in 2010 when he first played Gothic, an immersive ...

Camera traps show that an adult male jaguar swam at least 1.3 kilometres to an island in the reservoir of the Serra da Mesa dam in central Brazil – by far the longest recorded swim by one of these ...

MACKINAC COUNTY, MI -- After hours of swimming, the oldest swimmer in the Mackinac Bridge Swim came ashore. His goggles were full of water and he was exhausted but happy. “I’m glad that’s over,” he ...

Live2Swim, which will give swimming lessons for kids from 4 months old through 8 years old, is set to open Oct. 1. "We believe swimming is lifelong activity," said Dylan Elkind of Westport, one of the ...

When Michael Phelps heard the call to help the Ravens swim, he sprang from the starting block like he was right back in the Olympics. "I seriously had not seen him that excited for a long, long time," ...