SAN DIEGO — When 9-year-old Bryson showed up to an Outdoor Afro event, the pool was full of children laughing and swimming, but Bryson stood back and stayed dry, unable to join the children splashing ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Simone Manuel tied for gold with Canada's Penny Oleksiak in the women's 100-meter freestyle Thursday night, becoming the first African-American woman to win an Olympic medal in ...

From conversations at the dinner table to somber thoughts shared before bedtime, the tragic July 20 death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who starred on “The Cosby Show,” has African-American families ...

ST. LOUIS – Young children, ages 11 and 12, face the troubling statistic of being ten times more likely to drown. But one swim team is combating this trend. The Makos Swim Team is the only ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The O’Fallon Park Makos Swim ...

It's a busy weekend at King County's Aquatic Center in Federal Way where the winter nationals swim meet is underway. While an event going on the center's main pool featured some of the sport's top ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Swimming's world governing body FINA said on Friday it would review whether caps designed for afro and big hairstyles could be worn in its competitions if there was no advantage to ...

Soul Cap tried to have its swim caps - which fit over Afros - approved for the 2021 summer Olympics. The governing Olympic body rejected the request, saying it didn't conform to the "natural" head.