A stiff breeze whipped off the rippling, inky water of the Port of West Sacramento, making me shiver in my thin workout shirt and leggings. Eight of us, each with a portion of the gunwale wedged on a ...

LAKE OSWEGO -- Connor Bettermann isn't the kind of teen to disappoint his mom. Earlier this month, he shook off the flu, crawled out of bed and served as coxswain for his mother's four-woman ...

[image_credit]Wikimedia Commons[/image_credit][image_caption]Walter Hoover in the single-person rowing shell (boat) he designed. From the collection of Walter Hoover, Jr.[/image_caption] Walter Hoover ...

PITTSFIELD — Once settled into a single-person ocean shell at the Berkshire Rowing and Sculling Society on Onota Lake, I took a deep breath before Lauren Miller launched me out toward the open water.

Key Quote: “Being strong doesn’t mean you go fast, being technically savvy doesn’t mean you go fast. You need to learn how to use your strength most efficiently to get the most out of your body, the ...