swimming
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How Ryan Lochte Is The Worst Type Of "White Boy Bro," Explained
Who is Ryan Lochte? Ryan Lochte is a reanimated collection of discarded beer pong red cups repurposed and stuffed into a Von Dutch trucker hat. He can also swim really, really fast. Where is he from? Rochester, NY. Which is a poor man’s Buffalo. Which is a poor man’s Cleveland. Which is a poor man’s…
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Michael Phelps' Gold Medals Can't Outshine Usain Bolt's Black Brilliance
Michael Phelps is an amazing athlete. The most-awarded Olympian of all time, he has collected an incredible amount of hardware for his display case: 23 gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals are nothing to scoff at. He’s an icon, an ambassador for his sport and, to quote Jay Z, not just a…
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Fla. Man Dies Saving Wife From Rip Current Off Miami Beach
A Florida woman says that her husband drowned while trying to save her from a rip current off Miami Beach over the weekend, WINK News reports. “He did the most amazing thing in the world that he gave his life for me,” Kendra Smith said of her husband, 34-year-old Sherrod Whittington. “I appreciate that, I really do,…
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2016 Rio Olympics Weekend 1 Open Thread
We got track, we got gymnastics AT THE SAME DAMN TIME. We got swimming we got golf AT THE SAME DAMN TIME!!
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The Simones Sprinkled #BlackGirlMagic In Rio Last Night Like Bawses
You know by now. Simone Biles rolled into Rio and put 100 percent into every line she dropped. Simone Manuel went out there and didn’t know she swooped into the history books by winning the women’s 100m freestyle in swimming. They are some bad women. I’ll bet if you go into their purses and pull…
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Simone Manuel Becomes 1st African-American Female Swimmer to Win Olympic Gold in Individual Event
Black girls are truly magic. And Simone Manuel, a black American swimmer, just shattered all stereotypes and made a definitive mark in history. Manuel became the first African-American female swimmer to take home the Olympic gold in an individual event when she finished the 100-meter freestyle at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics Thursday night, with a time…
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2016 Rio Olympics Day 6 Open Thread
More gymnastics, swimming, and other Olympic things that Olympians do. Be Olympic.
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Swimming in the Black Community: How Racism Is Drowning Us
Summertime is here, which means that pool parties and beach days are bound to be had. However, while many of us may be sporting a two-piece on the sand, very few of us will be jumping off a diving board anytime soon. Why? Because, according to research from the USA Swimming Foundation and the University of Memphis,…
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Fla. Teen, 9-Year-Old Save Unsupervised 3-Year-Old From Drowning in Pool
Two young people in Florida are being hailed as heroes after preventing what could have been a tragic summer accident. Surveillance footage captured the frightening moment when an unsupervised 3-year-old girl almost drowned at a community pool, WKMG reports. The girl is seen going into the pool at Timber Trace Apartments in Titusville last Friday…