swimming

Are you supposed to pee on a jellyfish sting or does that just make it worse? Here are the facts you'll need should you encounter a "jelly" at the beach.

Louisiana residents are discovering it's possible to get overheated even while swimming during this oppressive heatwave. Here's what to look for.

A favorite amenity of many resort hotels has come under fire with good reason from social media.

The presence of bacteria in unsafe amounts has closed all but two of Louisiana's twenty-four coastal recreational beaches for swimmers.

The nationwide event set for Thursday seeks to promote water safety among all ages. Louisiana currently ranks 4th for drownings per capita nationwide.

The map, provided by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, shows multiple SWLA waterways with advisories against swimming and/or fishing.

Lake Charles Ward 3 Recreation’s Power Centre Multi-Sports Complex is getting a natatorium, a.k.a. an indoor pool.

If you and your family haven't already gone for a swim this year, it probably won't be long. Temperatures are certainly conducive to a day in the pool. It's important, though, to remember water safety.

I came across a video of the most amazing baby girl who can swim better than most adults that I know, including myself. That's right, don't count on Big Boy Chill saving your a** from drowning because we'll both be in big trouble.

Do you think you would be able to take down 12,000 calories in a day. I mean I love food like anybody, but it seems to me that this is a challenge to be met. Well Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps does this on a regular basis and if you see him, then you know he gains no weight what so ever. Well obviously because of all of the swimming, but there is a guy that is up for the challenge and you can see

Gabby Douglas wins the gold medal in the all-around gymnastics competition and is the first African American to do so.  Carly Patterson won in 2004 and Nastia Liukin took the title in 2008, marking three straight golds for the United States.

The U.S. and China have been running neck and neck since the very beginning of the this years summer games.  The best of the best are in London giving their all and I've got the current medal count.