CHICAGO — Olivia Smoliga has competed at the very highest levels of swimming in the most pressure-packed environments the sporting world has to offer. But even the two-time Olympian, who has a gold ...

Photos from the Chicago River Swim on Sept. 21, 2025, which raised $100,000 for research into ALS and celebrated the river’s recovery from its polluted past. Swimmers compete in 1st official Chicago ...

SALT RIVER, AZ (AZFamily) — A search for a missing swimmer has come to an end after his body was recovered at the Salt River on Sunday morning. According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, the ...

The Chicago River Swim is returning for 2025, this time without any detours to the beach. Organizers announced today the city has officially signed off on the event set for Sept. 21 in which 500 ...

An unidentified man's body was found in the Salt River on Sunday, Aug. 24. The Maricopa Co. Sheriff's Office says he struggled to swim across the river near "Devil's Elbow." MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - A ...

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Over two decades after a band bus dumped hundreds of pounds of human waste into the river, the Chicago River Swim raised $150,000 for ALS research and swim education programs. Reading time 2 minutes ...

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

CHICAGO — The Chicago River Swim is returning for a second year. Mayor Johnson held a Riverwalk press conference Thursday morning to make the announcement. The swim returns on Sept. 20. “The Chicago ...