swimming

Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard's New Sport: Author

She won three swimming medals when she was only 14, has posed for Playboy and struggled with drugs and eating disorders. Now Beard is telling her story, and the release of her new memoir will hopefully coincide with her bid to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Vegas Turns Pools Into Party Club Gold Mines

Pool clubs have become ubiquitous in Las Vegas. With dance-floor-packing DJs and islands adorned with stripper poles, they're the daytime versions of Sin City's famously profitable nightclubs. And, they can generate $1 million a week.

Recession benches sports at many colleges