Swimming

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August 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has mentioned being a hip-hop fan and listening to rappers Lil Wayne and…
July 17, 2012
MIAMI - When you think of Michael Phelps, you probably think of gold medal moments in the Olympics...
July 11, 2012
NBC Miami - Dozens of swimmers living and training in South Florida will head to the London 2012 Olympic Games…
July 10, 2012
NBC Washington Three boys who drowned in a shallow creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore did not know how to swim…
July 9, 2012
VIDEO - A recent study by the USA Swimming Foundation found that 70 percent of African American and 60 percent…
May 24, 2012
MIAMI (AP) - Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also…
March 8, 2012
When Olympic swimming gold medalist Cullen Jones asked students at Buffalo Creek Elementary School if they thought he's ever almost…
December 27, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - According to the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit, nearly six out of ten children in Detroit will never…
June 30, 2011
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Authorities have closed all 30 state-run deep water public swimming pools in Massachusetts after a…
June 14, 2011
OPINION - Summertime and the living is....not so easy if you have kids to keep active and entertained when school…
February 3, 2011
TheGrios 100 - Jones nearly drowned at a water park when he was 5. Less than 20 years after his…
November 19, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Cullen Jones was about to race in his biggest meet of the year when he heard…
August 16, 2010
VIDEO - In an effort to prevent childhood drownings, some pediatricians are prescribing swimming lessons for children under the age…
August 4, 2010
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Christopher Patlan was hanging out with friends on the Red River when he heard the desperate…
August 3, 2010
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - 'They had one lifejacket here. As you can imagine, everybody started yelling for help. Nobody could…
August 3, 2010
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) - A study released in May that showed 69 percent of black children and 58 percent…
July 26, 2010
VIDEO - Even after the formal end of segregation, John and Bradford Tatum, said they still didn't feel welcome swimming…
July 15, 2010
OPINION - Not only do most black kids not know how to swim, the concept of 'most' is not an…
November 15, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A suburban swim club accused of revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to…
September 23, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A state panel has found probable cause of racial discrimination at a suburban Philadelphia swim club...