A little more than a century ago, the new swimming pool at Roosevelt Park was overrun by mermaids. Granted, these flappers didn't have fins, but they mesmerized the masses in an Aug. 10, 1924, edition ...

Odds are there’s not a race in your immediate future, but that means this is a great time to work on the little things. While you’re less focused on fitness, give yourself little areas to improve on ...

We are talking Race of the Century, and it happened in Indiana. Not cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, sprinters on IUPUI’s track, swimmers at the Natatorium, or harness racing featuring Dan ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1924, a 20-year-old Chicagoan fibbed his way into the Olympics and won three gold medals at the swimming competition in Paris. Johnny Weissmuller said he ...

MAMBO pays tribute to the late Johnny Weissmuller in this pool bottom mural in Paris. Known best in popular culture for his role in Tarzan, Weissmuller speed to sporting glory in the 1920s when he ...