The Chicago River Swim has been moved to Lake Michigan, organizers said Monday, a month after the city denied a permit for the open-water swimming event because of safety concerns related to the ...

A small group of young people stood on the south bank of the Chicago River early Sunday morning, a couple of these six people red-faced from a previous day in the sun and sounds a few blocks south at ...

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Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. An open-water swim on the Chicago River was supposed to be ...

Woohoo! Memorial Day weekend. Schools are winding down. Swimming pools are ready for the jumping in, and the lakes will be full of boats taking in some of Texas' water playgrounds. Already this year, ...

There were 351 brave swimmers aboard the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler on Labor Day, all aiming to complete a 1.1 mile open-water swim. The Columbia River Cross Channel Swim has become an Oregon ...