Swimming is having a moment. Last year there was “Nyad,” the true-story drama that earned Oscar nominations for Jodie Foster and Annette Bening. This month there’s “Young Woman and the Sea,” an inspirational Disney drama about the first woman to swim the English Channel. And of course this summer, there’s the Olympics.
Every four years, millions of eyes are locked on the Summer Olympics and, in particular, swimming, one of the Games’ most popular events. It’s a fact that hasn’t been lost on the new owners of Swimming World, the legacy print magazine-turned-website-turned-print magazine (again).
Jack Hallahan and Steve Hasty aren’t the unlikeliest duo to take over a magazine about swimming and transform it into something that is simultaneously a throwback and brand new.