The annual Great Ohio River Swim took place on Sunday, with participants braving cool early morning temperatures that got down into the 60s.Partakers entered the Ohio River at the Serpentine Wall in ...

Next month, 500 swimmers will take off on a one- or two-mile swim in open water for the Chicago River Swim. It is a test of endurance and strength, and so was the years-in-the-making effort to get the ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city has approved for the Chicago River swimming competition to happen in September, event organizers said. Although the event will begin on the river, swimmers won't actually get ...

It’s one thing to visit an aquarium and gaze in awe at a 1,000-pound manatee swimming just behind the glass. It’s another ...

Organizers of the Chicago River Swim say they are ready to jump back in this September after permits were denied last year. Why it matters: After decades of industry neglect and even more decades of ...

For the second time this year, the inaugural Anacostia River Splash in Washington, D.C., has been postponed. This marks the fourth time in two years the event has been postponed, with the first two ...