Wisconsin Badger, 2-time Olympian Phoebe Bacon says happy swimmers are fast swimmers
Phoebe Bacon has been swimming since she was 2 years old, spending summer days at the pool with her family. ...
Raising a gold medalist: A parent’s playbook for the unplanned Olympian
The world’s best athletes will soon be descending upon the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Watching thousands of runners, ...
Lake love: Embracing both new and old experiences
Writer Jill Sisson Quinn and her son had a summer routine. They would go to their local lake for a ...
How We Tamed Nature
Summer sleepaway camp. For some kids, it’s the highlight of their year…where the innocence of childhood meets a magical, sometimes ...
Simone, A Parent’s Story
She has been growing her hair out. My wife helps her put it in a ponytail. I smile at her, ...
The Beauty Of September In Wisconsin
Fall is a blissful time in Wisconsin. Catherine Jagoe celebrates the best of the season before our retreat into winter. ...
A Wisconsin Childhood Makes Us Tough
After 20 years in Los Angeles, with its 362 days a year of sun-kissed monotony, I returned to Wisconsin in ...
Keep Your Shirt On
Swimming is one of the joys of summer. But for some kids, swimming is no day at the beach. Mike ...
Swimming Through Wisconsin
When the weather turns hot and humid, few things feel better than a nice, cool swimming hole. For writer Catherine ...
FATFAR
Last weekend more than a thousand people converged on the Chippewa River for a unique father's day tradition that really ...
Deep End
Winter often means weekends spent indoors searching for entertainment and escape. Writer David McGlynn reflects on his Sunday afternoons with ...
Open Water Swimming
The open water has attracted swimmers for ages. Where there’s a lake, river, channel, ocean, or bay, there’s likely a ...
Summer Swimming
Summer is coming to an end. Kids are heading back to school and swimming pools, the heart of summer fun ...