Long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad's story is back in the spotlight thanks to the Netflix biopic and awards season contender "Nyad." Nyad is best known for being the first person to successfully ...

During her 42-hour attempted swim from Cuba to Key West this week, Diana Nyad battled extreme exhaustion, severe sunburn, strained muscles, powerful storms and circling sharks. But the thing that ...

I first heard of Diana Nyad in 2011, still in my late twenties and living a laid-back, beery lifestyle in Austin, Texas. My main concerns included the honky-tonk line-ups at local dives ...