Month: February 2014
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Olympic swimmer Scott Miller opens up on life with illicit drugs
Read Brisbane Times In an explosive and emotional tell-all interview – to air on 60 Minutes at 7.40pm on Sunday – Miller breaks down as he addresses headlines that have ranged from criminal convictions for drug offences, stolen goods and prohibited weapons to accusations of his being a pimp and a drug dealer, and his battle with…
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YMCA swimmer Arthur Schenkein celebrates 100th birthday
See WDBJ7 Some people are celebrating more than just love on Friday. A Salem resident is excited to be happy and healthy at the age of 100. The YMCA in Salem had a party for its oldest member. Arthur Schenkein is turning 100 years old. Schenkein still comes in to the YMCA several times a…
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Capture Underwater Photos Like a Pro
Read Outside For most people though, the GoPro will be the camera of choice. It’s versatile and relatively inexpensive. But make sure you think about how to mount the camera before taking it on an underwater trip. Snorkelers should avoid chest, wrist and mask mounts because they’re difficult to aim. My wrist mount captured great…
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School closing for JCPS causes confusion for some over swim meet
See WHAS11 Jefferson County Public Schools made the call early Friday morning, Feb. 14, to close because they were worried about deteriorating conditions in the evening commute. That decision came down just before a regional swim meet at the University of Louisville’s Natatorium, meaning a late scramble for parents who have come in from across…
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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2014 cover revealed
See Swim Daily If the cover of SI Swimsuit is some of the hottest real estate a supermodel can inhabit, the 50th Anniversary Issue cover is the Tribeca triplex of American newsstands. And if the featured models Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen are to believed, they are delighted to occupy that space together. “We really, honestly liked each other,†said Chrissy earlier this…
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Rally Car Goes For A Swim
See Daily Picks And Flicks A dramatic crash video from the 2013 edition of Karkonosze Rally in Poland. Everyone was OK.
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Bronx Polar Bears brace for icy Valentine’s Day plunge into Long Island Sound
Read NY Daily News An 80% chance of snow and freezing 13-mile-per-hour winds won’t deter Bronx Polar Bears Saturday from plunging into Long Island Sound’s chilly depths for a Valentine’s swim. Dozens of swimmers are expected to eschew gloomy forecasts in order to don bathing suits for a dive just off Orchard Beach for the…
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Staying Gold: Olympic Champions Who Went on to Succeed in Other Careers
Read equities - Mark Spitz and Ryan Lochte featured, yay! Mark Spitz America’s best swimmer not named Michael Phelps, Spitz dominated the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, setting multiple world records on his way to winning eleven Olympic medals, nine of them gold. Spitz abruptly retired from the sport at age 22 to get into show business.…
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Ian Thorpe – how a mentor could show him the way out of depression’s darkest waters
Read BizNews The very nature of a world champion’s job increases the risk of imbalance, or an unbalanced perspective on life that leads to a state of “dis-easeâ€. Depression is just one symptom. Thorpe made one glaring mistake common to great sporting champions: he surrounded himself with coaches, but few or no mentors. Mentors are…