It began, in a way, with a monogram. "I'm a Southern girl," Nadine Ford says. "We've got to get everything monogrammed." The monogram was for her swim bag, which Ford toted while training for her ...

When I was a little girl, one of my very favorite movies was Splash, a love story about a mermaid, played by Darryl Hannah, and a man, played by Tom Hanks. Splash inspired my California summers, which ...

Synchronized swimming is a mix of gymnastics, ballet and swimming — all set to music. It’s figure skating in water. Visit nevadadesertmermaids.com or call 728-5766 for information. There is a ...

A little more than a century ago, the new swimming pool at Roosevelt Park was overrun by mermaids. Granted, these flappers didn't have fins, but they mesmerized the masses in an Aug. 10, 1924, edition ...

Danica Minard teaches the class. She shows the girls different tricks and skills underwater. She said it’s kind of like acrobatics in the pool. All you need is a mermaid tail and your imagination. The ...

The Nevada Desert Mermaids synchronized swimming team should be experiencing a period of growth. The team generally receives a bump in new memberships from the sports raised profile during the ...

Pam Fojtik (front) and coach Rosita Ray-Hoyes (second from front) rehearse a routine with the rest of the Mermaids, a senior synchronized swimming team, at the McKinney Senior Recreation Center on Nov ...

With the interest surrounding killer mermaids in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, mermaids are having a bit of a pop culture moment. As far as fantasy creatures go, it???s ...

Outside the main entrance to the Duluth Area Family YMCA, Felicia Vega, 5, and Veronica Vega, 8, jumped up and down with glee as their mother, Lisa Vega, explained that they would be taking part in ...