A shark bite has been reported by a long distance swimmer at Southern California's Catalina Island. According to KTLA via Yahoo News, a swimmer in his 50s was doing a long-distance channel swim from ...

VINEYARD HAVEN — A British-South African endurance athlete crossed the finish line of his 62-mile multi-day swim around Martha’s Vineyard on Monday, becoming the first person to swim all the way ...

In the dark of night on July 21, long-distance swimmer Catherine Breed emerged from Lake Tahoe at Skylandia Park, near Tahoe City, and cracked open a Pabst Blue Ribbon with her boyfriend.She’d just ...

A British-South African endurance athlete became the first person to swim around the island of Martha’s Vineyard on Monday, completing a 60-mile (97-kilometer) trek over multiple days to raise ...

In the dark of night on July 21, long-distance swimmer Catherine Breed emerged from Lake Tahoe at Skylandia Park, near Tahoe City, and cracked open a Pabst Blue Ribbon with her boyfriend. She’d just ...

An endurance athlete is hoping to change minds about sharks by swimming around Martha's Vineyard, just in time for the 50th anniversary of "Jaws." British-South African swimmer Lewis Pugh was the ...

Lewis Pugh has followed an unspoken rule during his career as one of the world’s most daring endurance swimmers: Don’t talk about sharks. But he plans to break that this week on a swim around Martha’s ...

Editor’s Note: This story was first published on July 18, 2018. It is reprinted here as part of our year end coverage. The Catalina Channel, the English Channel and the Island of Manhattan are all ...

Katie Pumphrey, a Baltimore open-water ultra-marathon swimmer, is preparing for another long-distance challenge, her third English Channel crossing. Pumphrey completed a six-hour swim on Thursday in ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Maarten van der Weijden beat leukemia and went on to win an Olympic gold swimming medal in Beijing, but even his powers of endurance weren't enough to complete his latest ...

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — Lewis Pugh has followed an unspoken rule during his career as one of the world’s most daring endurance swimmers: Don’t talk about sharks. But he plans to break that this ...