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Category: Swimming

A Brief History of Olympic Swimming Uniforms

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 …

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 …