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Scott Dickens broke his own meet record in the 100-meter breaststroke Friday night in the Mel Zajac Jr. International Canada Cup.

Rebecca Soni beat Jessica Hardy to win the 100-meter breaststroke at the Speedo Grand Challenge, Hardy returned to win the 50 freestyle, and 40-year-old Janet Evans finished fourth in a consolation final of the 400 free on the meet's opening night Friday.

Norway won two gold medals at the European swimming championships Friday and dedicated both of them to Alex Dale Oen, the world champion who died suddenly last month.

In espnW's countdown of the top 40 female athletes of the past four decades, gold medalist and world record-holder Tracy Caulkins ranks at No. 23. Read more about the former Florida swimmer with 12 NCAA titles and a host of other accolades here....

ESPN is marking the 40th anniversary of Title IX by unveiling the top 40 female athletes of the past 40 years. When swimmer Tracy Caulkins was just 15, she won five gold medals at the 1978 world championships, helping her to become the youngest-ev...

Fabio Scozzoli of Italy dedicated his 100-meter breaststroke title at the European Championships on Tuesday to two-time champion Alex Dale Oen, who died suddenly three weeks ago.

ESPN is marking the 40th anniversary of Title IX by unveiling the top 40 female athletes of the past 40 years. In the swimming pool, nobody has been faster longer than Dara Torres. The 45-year-old mother, who is No. 25 in ESPN's countdown, has ...

World record holder Paul Biedermann of Germany and Katinka Hosszu of host Hungary claimed the first individual golds Monday on the opening night of a European swimming championship lacking in star power.

America's Cup organizers are putting together a youth race to help sailors gain the necessary experience to perhaps one day compete for sailing's biggest prize.

Michigan women's swimming coach Jim Richardson is retiring. Richardson led his program to 14 Big Ten championships in 27 years, including 12 straight from 1987 to 1998. His teams also finished in the top 10 in the NCAA championships 14 times durin...

In financial terms, two NFC South teams are swimming in very shallow rookie pools. I got a look at the league-wide numbers for rookie pools (the amount of salary-cap space that can be used on 2012 draft picks this season. The New Orleans Saints ha...

The following coaches will be honored at the Second Annual Coach of the Year/Student Athlete Banquet on May 30, 2012. Each coach below has been named Coach of the Year by the MIAA for their respective sport: Robert Mahoney, Notre Dame (Tyngsborou...

Rick Reilly talks with Michael Phelps who plans to play a lot of golf when he retires from swimming.

Natalie Coughlin could emerge from the London Games as the most decorated American woman in Olympic history, and more people should take notice.

Sailing's national governing body will try to determine what caused an accident that killed four sailors during last month's yacht race from Southern California to Mexico.

DALLAS -- At a time when comebacks appear to be all the rage in swimming and the likes of Janet Evans and Brendan Hansen have returned to the pool in the hopes of returning to Olympic glory, there's one man who has decided to stay home. And there's n...