LONDON – To the uninitiated in the intricacies of rowing, it might seem to be the easiest job at the Olympic Games. But there is a whole lot more to the existence of the coxswain – you know, the ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Every team needs a leader, a field general, a quarterback, someone to call the plays and someone to look to in a time of crisis. In the sport of rowing, all of those duties rest on ...

Growing up, Michael Schaefer had an uncommon sports mind. While his friends played basketball in their driveways or took swings in their backyards, he dedicated himself to deep dives on teams, players ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Kingston High’s rowing team picked up two third-place finishes in the season-ending Hudson Valley Rowing League Championship Regatta at Poughkeepsie on Sunday, May 31. A total of ...

Then-senior coxswain Hailey Kim bides her time. Blades slashing the water, Penn and Yale’s heavyweight varsity boats are ...

On the eight-person rowing teams at the Olympics, among the tall, chiseled men and women powering the boat sits a small, seemingly motionless member in the back of the boat. This is a coxswain, and ...

On Thursday night, after NBC had aired the tape-delayed victory of the gold-medal performance by the dominant United States women's eight rowing team and "The Star-Spangled Banner" hit its soaring ...

TORONTO — Veteran rowing coxswain Brian Price, who paced the Canadian men’s eight to a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, announced his retirement Tuesday. A three-time Olympian and world ...