Long-distance swimmer, fitness advocate, author and motivational speaker Diana Nyad will be featured in a Sonoma Speaker Series on March 24. A native of New York City, Nyad attracted national ...

When Diana Nyad stumbled onto Smathers Beach in Key West, Florida, on Sept. 2, 2013, after swimming 110 miles from Havana in 53 hours, it marked the hard-fought realization of her lifelong dream, but ...

Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad poses with the historic marker on Las Olas honoring her on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, at Las Olas Oceanside Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Alie Skowronski ...

U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad is pictured before attempting to swim to Florida from Havana August 31, 2013. Nyad jumped into the calm, turquoise waters of Cuba on Saturday and began making her ...

From the acclaimed biopic 'Nyad' to post-plane crash survival in 'Society of the Snow,' these films prove that sometimes the best stories are rooted in reality Keith Langston is a contributing writer ...

The Oscars slate this year is packed with films rooted in historical events and biographies. How much influence should the subjects have? By Julia Jacobs Annette Bening plays the long-distance swimmer ...

Diana Nyad (C) manages a smile for a young admirer while receiving medical treatment following a 111-mile swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, on September 2, 2013. Nyad, 64, is the first swimmer to ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked onto the shore Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.