Keeping with our recent posting trend of swimmers making public appearances, below are some shots of Amanda Beard (another longtime Swim Aid favorite) hosting an Olympic Opening Ceremony Viewing Party in Las Vegas on Friday.

The party, hosted in Lagasse’s Stadium at The Palazzo featured a pretty cool Olympic-themed cake. More pictures below. Continue Reading »

Resident BAMF Dara Torres participated in the annual ‘The Heart Truth Red Dress’ celebrity fashion show Friday. It typically kicks off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.

See some more pics when you read the rest… Continue Reading »

Swimmer-style, yo!

Dara Torres on the Red Carpet look like the BAMF she is

With her “Comeback of the Year” award

It’s Cullen Jones, bitch!
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I know you guys are totally wondering WTF is going on around here. Am I right?

Well, I know I’ve got a lot of ‘splainin to do because I’ve been to 2 meets in the past month, and I’ve hardly even mentioned it here.

So, you’re probably wondering where your “Tales From The Deck” posts and other gossip tidbits are, right? Well, this time around, I have failed you and I’m well aware of it. I do intend to post my thoughts on both Santa Clara and World Champ Trials. Just not now!

I’ve been so busy with trying to provide some degree of live coverage on Swim Stars Live, visit with old friends I only see once a year, and trying to get some sleep that there really just wasn’t enough time each day for gossip sessions! This was intensified in Indy because I was working by myself on the event coverage. It’s tough to be photographer, writer, and live Tweeter at the same time!

So, I’m working on a few posts for the blog. Highlights/lowlights, photo favorites, best races, and other thoughts are on the way.

So keep your panties on!

I’m a regular visitor to The YBF. For those of you not in the know, that stands for the ‘Young, Black, & Fabulous’. I gots to keep up on my peoples, ya know!

Anyway, I was looking through some recent posts and came across this one from earlier today.

YBF gave props to Cullen and showed a pic of him at one of his Diversity Tour stops. And judging from the comments, there look to be some newly created CJ fans. Never a bad thing, huh?

Photo by Getty Images…please don’t come after us, kthnx

I saw this pic on the USA Swimming website and definitely let out a hearty laugh. Not just because Ricky dwarfs the US gymnasts, but also because of how hard he is cheesin’. Nice look, “Tricky Ricky”.

ETA: The video from the Today Show

At the Women’s Big Ten Champs tonight, I wasn’t expecting to see the wonderful Peter Bick. So imagine my surprise to see him — knee pads and all — strolling around the pool deck of the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion! I’ll have to flag him down tomorrow or Saturday to catch up!

P.S. I think this means that we may see Mr. Bick covering the men’s meet next week at his alma mater. *crosses fingers*