Cullen is tweeting again. First he said he was headed to Italy. Then he said he didn't know what he was swimming, except for 100 IM.



I was on pins and needles to find out how he did. I found out that Jones and other American swimmers participated in an International Swim Meeting in Bolzano, Italy.



Then I read this mysterious tweet: "It's coming around 48.9 after heavy lift yesterday ... I'll take it...#beatenup"



Here's the rest of the story, as I found… Continue

Cullen Jones recounts a funny 2008 Olympic story in a recent article in the NY Times.



Michael Phelps wakes Jones to tell him that LeBron James and other basketball stars want to meet them in the lobby of the hotel. Cullen goes downstairs and hears LeBron talking to Phelps about going for his 8th gold medal. But when he meets Cullen, LeBron exclaims, "Wait, you… Continue

Last summer, the big swim news headline was the Valley Club of Philadelphia kicking black kids out. This summer, it was the group of Shreveport kids who drowned in a public park.



One was about denying access to swimming; the other was the fruit of lack of access.



The Philadelphia incident had several… Continue