Swimming
An MVP List Is a Model, Not a Verdict: The Pipeline Question Buried Under Curzan and Heilman's CSL Match 2 Awards
Gold Intact, Depth Eroded: Where the 2026 Asian Games Swimming Left Off
A League Without a Stopwatch: What the College Swimming League's First Match Showed, and What It Quietly Held Back
SwimmingCurzan and Heilman: Match 2 MVPs, but the Real Scoreboard Sits on the ShoulderI rewound the same clip seven times last night. Midway through the third 50 o...
SwimmingTwo MVPs of CSL Match 2: The Ledger Nobody Reads Beside Curzan and HeilmanIn the Match 2 score sheet, the biggest swings never come from the columns wi...
SwimmingAn MVP List Is a Model, Not a Verdict: The Pipeline Question Buried Under Curzan and Heilman's CSL Match 2 AwardsAn MVP list is the least informative document a league produces. When SwimSwa...
SwimmingMarchand's "Fear", Two 17-Year-Olds and the Wrong Stroke Behind 2:06.59: How Deep Is the Water at the Asian Games?At 1:40 in the morning I am sitting on a balcony in Rangpur, phone in hand,...
Swimming0.11 Seconds and 3.82 Seconds: The Fade Nobody Recorded Behind Tatjana Smith's Record ChaseThe clock stopped at 1:04.00, and around the deck everyone began doing the sa...
SwimmingSeven Golds and an Unsourced Board: Applause and Ledger in Asian Games SwimmingThe board reads 3:41.28. Next to it is the silver medal time, and the gap is...
SwimmingGold Intact, Depth Eroded: Where the 2026 Asian Games Swimming Left OffThe finals session began at five in the afternoon, local time. In Chicago tha...
SwimmingChina's 30 Golds, 54 Medals: What the 2026 Asian Games Swimming Table Left OutI watched the six days of the 2026 Asian Games swimming programme from a tea...
SwimmingA League Without a Stopwatch: What the College Swimming League's First Match Showed, and What It Quietly Held BackHalf past three in the morning, Barishal. Laptop on the balcony chair, and...
SwimmingA Thirteen-Day Error: Where the Real Trouble Sits in the October 2026 Swimming CalendarI stopped reading the October 2026 international swimming calendar at the thi...
SwimmingCSL Match 1: Times, Jackpots, and the First Ledger of an Unproven LeagueThe margin at the wall was 0.11 seconds. Lorne Wigginton touched in 4:15.58 i...
SwimmingTatjana Smith's 0.11 Seconds: Short-Course Glare, Long-Course Ledger Still PendingTatjana Smith's 0.11 Seconds: Short-Course Glare, Long-Course Ledger Still...