Matt Damon's Uncle Becomes Oldest Channel Swimmer
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The 70-year-old uncle of Hollywood star Matt Damon became the oldest person to swim the English Channel Sunday, arriving on the French coast in the early hours after a grueling 21-mile swim.
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(Dewitt -WABC, November 20, 2004 ) - A man documented as the world&#39;s oldest man has passed away, 12 days shy of his 114th birthday.
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We first introduced you to him last February when he was named the oldest man in America. &quot;I go on day to day, I think the house should feel proud of it, but I don&#39;t,&quot; he said in a previous interview.
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The last long-course world swimming  record held by now discredited Communist East Germany was  finally consigned to history by an American quartet at the  Olympics on Wednesday.
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Dewitt (New York): Fred Hale Sr., documented as the world&#39;s oldest man, has died. He was 113 years old. Hale died in his sleep yesterday at The Nottingham in suburban Syracuse, while trying to recover from
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The last long-course world swimming record held by now discredited Communist East Germany was finally consigned to history by an American quartet at the Olympics on Wednesday.
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American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds.
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That&#39;s the goal now, with two events remaining in what already has been a grueling Olympic schedule for this 19-year-old US swimming star.
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Roger Clemens of the Houston Astros won the Cy Young Award as the National League&#39;s top pitcher, becoming the oldest recipient of a trophy he&#39;s won a record seven times.
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37-year-old Nicole Kidman in shower, nude with a 11-year-old boy, is reason enough to raise quite a few eyebrows. This controversial scene from the movie Birth has been the cause of quite an uproar ever since
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Ray Boone, a two-time All-Star for the Tigers who became better known as the patriarch of the first-ever three-generation family of All-Stars, has passed away following a long illness at the age of 81.
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The 31-year-old swimmer, who owns an American-best career total of 12 Olympic medals, will retire after the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis, the same city where her international career began in 1987.
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Australia's Eamon Sullivan broke Alexander Popov's eight-year-old world record for 50 meters freestyle on Sunday, instantly inheriting the title as the fastest swimmer in history.
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NEW YORK -- Fred Hale Sr., the oldest man in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, has died less than two weeks shy of his 114th birthday.
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Heath Ledger's family remembered the actor as "the most amazing old soul in a young man's body." In a separate tribute, his sister said she could hardly breathe as she tried to write about "my little brother."
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Heath Ledger's family remembered the actor as "the most amazing 'old soul' in a young man's body." In a separate tribute, his sister said she could "hardly breathe" as she tried to write about "my little brother."
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It would have been easy to dedicate this one to &quot;Maw&quot; - the 78-year-old grandmother Ryan Franklin lost last week. He could have said it was for his son, splayed across his father&#39;s lap after the game.