When I was a small child, my mother often brought me along when she taught physical education at a small women’s college, run by nuns who were happy to have a young married woman to handle fencing ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

Prior to my synchronized-­swimming lesson, I’d imagined something serene: delicate flapping of arms, elegant surface glides, a single leg raised in the air. Then I hopped into the pool at the Silver ...

Their overall score enabled them to advance to the Junior Nationals, where there will be over 300 athletes competing from five western states. Cypress Swim coach Patricia Jones was also honored as the ...

The universe of club sports is described by its athletes again and again as an endeavor of passion. There are no scholarships available, funding for training and equipment is reduced and travel ...

When the sport of artistic swimming, formerly synchronized swimming, announced it would allow men to compete in the Paris Games, Bill May saw his chance. But the U.S. team chose only women. By Sarah ...

Artistic swimming is one of many sporting events at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The combination of water acrobatics and music showcases technical movements and peak athleticism. Team USA is set to ...

If Bill May makes the U.S. Olympic team, he will become the first man ever to compete in artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, at the Games. Bill May and U.S. Olympic artistic ...

The sport, formerly known as synchronized swimming, has a new name as well as more muscular athletes and more risky tricks. At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, ...

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Snicker if you wish. Guffaw for good measure. Bill May and other male synchronized swimmers — now called artistic swimmers — have heard the putdowns before. But they’re getting ...

The USA synchronized swimming team are competing at this summer's Tokyo Olympics. We take a look at the swimmers who made the final team for the event.

For 40 years, artistic swimming has been part of the Summer Olympics. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, it had the opportunity to look different than it ever had before at the world’s most prestigious ...