By Phil Hecken Despite Mitt Romney’s prognostications, the 2012 London Olympics seem to be moving along swimmingly through the first full four days of competition. So it’s only fitting that …
Category: Swimming
The Hy Peskin Archives, Vol. 3
Okay, one last batch of beautiful Hy Peskin pics. In previous entries we’ve covered baseball and basketball and football; this time around we’ll cover a range of other sports. Without …
Uni Watch Field Trip: A Visit to the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Pittsburgh was a visit to the Heinz History Center, which includes the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. I took a lot of …
It’s Impolite To Stare
Yeah … Paul’s still gone. No, wait! He’s back today. But I might be back tomorrow anyway. You know, for fun. I gotta say this picture took me aback when …
F U Cn Rd Ths, Y’re 2 Cls 2 Mchl Phlps’s Crtch
My knowledge of competitive swimming is pretty limited: I know that Mark Spitz won a shitload of gold medals in 1972, that for a while you couldn’t talk about the …