Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New York Times story reported on lifeguards tasked with watching over the athletes, even someone as adept in the pool as ...

After the Paris Olympics began in late July 2024, a meme went viral making fun of the notion that professional lifeguards are present at Olympic swimming events, calling it the most "useless" job in ...

The Youngstown Lifeguard Academy teaches teens from the city how to swim and then trains them to be lifeguards, keeping the city's last remaining public swimming pool staffed and safe. When Kevin ...

Saturday was the hottest day in history during the month of March for some cities in Colorado, and it's only going to get hotter as spring and summer move in. When that happens, people will want to ...

Bar Anticipation in Lake Como employs a lifeguard at its shallow grotto pool due to state regulations. Lifeguard Bella Maikranz mostly recalls uneventful shifts, primarily overseeing children in the ...

We’re halfway through swim season and still not all New Yorkers have access to their community swim spot. The recently repaired Astoria Pool is only able to accommodate a third of its capacity due to ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Some of the most unsung people at any pool are the lifeguards who jump into live-saving mode at a moment’s notice. At syracuse.com’s fall high school sports media day presented by ...

Summer may feel like it's still ages away, but it's never too early to start planning for that seasonal job. Philadelphia's Department of Parks & Recreation has the perfect role for teenagers looking ...

This article was originally published on July 16, 2025. When Kevin Tarpley was a young lifeguard in the ‘70s, the city of Youngstown had almost a dozen public swimming pools. “You had a pool on every ...