Let's talk about tradition. Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio is nothing if not one tightly spun web of academic and athletic tradition. Although chartered in its original form in 1835, the small liberal-arts college of around 1,500 students...

Coxwains Off the Water Unlike rowers who get to work out, stay in shape, and tweak their skills on ergs and tanks, coxswains really do not get a chance to improve over the winter. But worse than that, they actually can suffer from a...

Year-round sunshine, warm temperatures, the Pacific Ocean, the eighth largest city in America and the second largest in California, a bustling center of defense, international trade, biotechnology, and healthy living—San Diego sparkles like a...

I used to dream of living in a location where I could commute via rowing. I would have a small dock with a beautiful lightweight, wooden scull on chalks, waiting eagerly for me to put her in the water. Every morning I would grab my sticks and pick...