Swimming
The Lonely Testimony of 29.50 Seconds: Tatjana Smith's Return, the New Olympic Event Frontier, and Swimming South Africa's Interest Dispute
Skins, Jackpot and Seven Hundred Spectators: The First Ledger of College Swimming's New League
The 0.11-Second Ledger: In College Swimming League Match 1, the Format Was Bigger Than the Trophy
Seven Golds, Two Records, Zero Sources: Auditing the Asian Games Swimming Ledger
Curzan and Heilman: Two MVPs in CSL Match 2, and a New League's First Two Questions
Frustrated with France, Arkhelangskiy savours Asian Games gold for adopted Bahrain
Curzan and Heilman: Two MVPs in CSL Match 2, and a New League's First Two QuestionsThe run sheet split in two, and I followed the seam. Indianapolis, 2026, a st...
Frustrated with France, Arkhelangskiy savours Asian Games gold for adopted BahrainAt the wall, Michel Arkhangelskiy saw 22.91. The same time he had swum in...
The Lonely Testimony of 29.50 Seconds: Tatjana Smith's Return, the New Olympic Event Frontier, and Swimming South Africa's Interest DisputeThe South African Short Course Championships produced a single number — 29.50...
Skins, Jackpot and Seven Hundred Spectators: The First Ledger of College Swimming's New LeagueThe wall in the 500-yard freestyle made a gap of eleven hundredths of a secon...
21.48 to 56.51: David Davis's Texas A&M Commitment and the Ledger Nobody Is ReconciliatingHook At a North Carolina high school state championship, a junior steps onto...
The 0.11-Second Ledger: In College Swimming League Match 1, the Format Was Bigger Than the TrophyTwo numbers landed on a 25-yard scoreboard late in September: 4:15.58 and...
ISHOF Class of 2027: The Mirror, Not the Podium, Is the Real TestIn 2026, I sat in the gallery at Mirpur’s outdoor pool and counted gold medal...
The Same 22.91, Two Flags, One Non-Olympic Event: Reading Bahrain's First Swimming Gold Through DataWhen the scoreboard settled on 22.91 after the final wall touch, my first...
700 Spectators and a 19-Point Jackpot: Who Is the College Swimming League's First Match Actually Selling To?Hook A 500-yard freestyle stopped at the 200-yard mark. Nobody was exhausted,...
29.50 Seconds, Thirty-Six Months and a Gap: The Ledger of Tatjana Smith's Return29.50 Seconds, Thirty-Six Months and a Gap: The Ledger of Tatjana Smith's...
Skins, Jackpots and an Incomplete Ledger: Reading the College Swimming League's First MatchWhen the first College Swimming League match finished last night at the FMC...
Jackpots, Skins and a Broken 500: What College Swimming's New League Told Us in SeptemberOn a late-September evening in an American 25-yard pool, the 500 freestyle...
Seven Golds, Two Records, Zero Sources: Auditing the Asian Games Swimming LedgerFriday, 25 September. No year given. The night is still dense with numbers. I...