who married her mother when Diana was 3 — derives from the word naiad, the water nymph of Greek mythology. By the mid-1970s, Nyad had made a name for herself as a distance swimmer, setting a ...

Record-setting long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad delivered an inspiring talk ... picked up a dictionary and looked up the word, “naiad.” “I have something very important to tell you ...

It’s officially Oscar-bait biopic season, and leading the charge is Nyad (now streaming on Netflix), about the treacherous Cuba-to-the-Keys swim by famed marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, played by ...

Annette Bening never thought she would play a marathon swimmer — in her 60s, no less — but when she had the chance to play Diana Nyad, she didn’t think twice. “I knew I had to play it.

At 64, she triumphed. Over three decades, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad tried five times to swim the 110-miles (177-kilometers) from Cuba to Florida. Her eventual success—a decade ago this ...

In her latest performance she portrays another formidable woman: famed long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS." One of the year's most ...

On Sept. 2, 2013, marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, then 64 years old, staggered onto the beach at Key West after swimming for nearly 53 hours from Cuba. For the athlete-turned-broadcaster, the death ...

Diana Nyad will be the featured speaker at the next Sonoma Speaker Series event March 24. What: A Sonoma Speaker Series event featuring long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad in conversation with Laura ...

In her latest performance she portrays another formidable woman: famed long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS." One of the year’s most ...