The sport is no stunt, as swimmer Mackenzie Koeck and her support crew learned in the yearlong runup of preparation.

Boston-area suburbanites (often with kids in youth hockey) search for flat yards to accommodate a seasonal backyard amenity: ...

To call this girl a daredevil would be an understatement. After all, how many people swim in ice-cold water on a daily basis?

My swimsuit clung to my body in a freezing clinch beneath my Dryrobe. My body shivered uncontroll­ably as I tried – and failed – to put on my hat and pull on socks and gloves. I couldn’t hold the ...

Renowned for its myriad physical and mental health benefits, cold-water therapy gained momentum in the 1960s as a form of post-exercise recovery for top athletes. Now, ice baths have entered ...

Remove, drain, and store hoses used outdoors. Close inside valves supplying outdoor hose bibs. Open the outside hose bibs to ...

Winter weather is coming to Mississippi this weekend, early next week. Protect your home. Know when to drip water, how to set ...

You might think of bluegills as something kids catch from docks in the summertime. But in winter, they are serious sport. They can be willing biters ... or they can be challenging, depending on their ...

A city school is launching a swimming project in memory of a teenager who died after getting into difficulty at a lake. Peterborough's Hampton Vale Primary Academy plans to install a portable pop-up ...

Looking for a lakeside ice cream fix in Georgia, Head to Lakeside Scoops at Lake Burton where cones, sundaes and waterfront ...

There’s a monster of a challenge awaiting Spencer Matthews in Antarctica as he finishes his triathlon challenge. Here’s what he could face.

Cold water does more than wake up the body. It wakes the mind, and the mind decides how the race goes just as much as the body, if not more so. Swimmers carry this belief because that first shock of ...