Swimming
Not One Time on the Psych Sheet: What the First College Swim League Match Says, and What It Doesn't2026-09-26The psych sheet for the first College Swim League match arrived with four...
College Swim League Debut: When the 4×50 Relay Picks the Skins Stroke2026-09-25The scoreboard tells you who won; the silence tells you why. But in last...
Eighth in the Heat, Third in the Final: Mike Burton's 46 Seconds and the Missing Page in the Record Book2026-09-25At the 2026 U.S. Olympic Trials, in the 1500m freestyle, Mike Burton was eigh...
43 Points From the Boards, an Entire Sprint Block on One Shoulder: The Two Cracks in the Texas Women's Return Ledger2026-09-25It was one in the morning. The 2026-27 college swimming preview sat open on m...
Jackpot Points and Skins Races: The Ledger the New College Swimming League Skipped2026-09-26It was 1 a.m. in Vancouver. On the laptop screen, a pool deck: FMC Natatorium...
Skins, Super Skins and Jackpots: What CSL Match 1 Showed — and What It Left Blank2026-09-26In Chattogram it was two in the morning, and I had my phone propped against a...
SwimmingJackpot Points and Skins Races: The Ledger the New College Swimming League SkippedIt was 1 a.m. in Vancouver. On the laptop screen, a pool deck: FMC Natatorium...
SwimmingSkins, Super Skins and Jackpots: What CSL Match 1 Showed — and What It Left BlankIn Chattogram it was two in the morning, and I had my phone propped against a...
SwimmingThe New Phelps Is Scared — and Mirpur Still Has One Open PoolHook In late September 2026, at the Aichi-Nagoya Aquatics Centre, the...
Swimming29.50 Seconds and an Empty Ledger: Tatjana Smith's Return and the New Frontier of the 50m BreaststrokeLate in September, a number surfaced on the scoreboard at South Africa's Shor...
SwimmingTwo-Column Texas: Distance-Free Depth vs. the Single Sprint Anchor46.41 seconds — Eva Okaro's season-best 100-yard freestyle, from the SEC...
SwimmingTexas by the Second: How 1.03 and 0.57 Are Splitting Two Swimmers' FatesTexas by the Second: How 1.03 and 0.57 Are Splitting Two Swimmers' Fates Hook...
SwimmingFrom 46.41 to 46.98: Inside Texas's Title Arithmetic, Told Through 0.57 SecondsIn December 2026 I stood on the officials' block at the outdoor 50-metre pool...
SwimmingThe Eighteen-Second Gap: Mike Burton's Ledger, and the Accounting Swimming Never KeptMike Burton's death was filed on September 18, 2026. He was 79. The headlines...
SwimmingNot One Time on the Psych Sheet: What the First College Swim League Match Says, and What It Doesn'tThe psych sheet for the first College Swim League match arrived with four...
SwimmingCollege Swim League Debut: When the 4×50 Relay Picks the Skins StrokeThe scoreboard tells you who won; the silence tells you why. But in last...
SwimmingEighth in the Heat, Third in the Final: Mike Burton's 46 Seconds and the Missing Page in the Record BookAt the 2026 U.S. Olympic Trials, in the 1500m freestyle, Mike Burton was eigh...
SwimmingThe 200 Fly Anomaly: What David Davis's Texas A&M Commitment Ledger Actually RecordsThe 200 Fly Anomaly: What David Davis's Texas A&M Commitment Ledger Actually...
SwimmingTwenty Minutes and Three Legs: The Real Accounting Behind China's 4×100 Free Relay RecordZhang Zhanshuo was still climbing out of the 800m freestyle final when the...
Swimming43 Points From the Boards, an Entire Sprint Block on One Shoulder: The Two Cracks in the Texas Women's Return LedgerIt was one in the morning. The 2026-27 college swimming preview sat open on m...
Swimming2:04.83: The Record Shin Ohashi Won in the First 100 Metres — And Nearly Gave Back in the Last 50At two in the morning on a balcony in Chattogram, my laptop screen showed...