MIAMI -- After decades of banishment from mainstream wardrobes, one of fashion's most divisive garments — the men's swimming brief — is making a tentative return across the globe. Some would argue the ...

Typically, athletes don’t slip into their Speedos to head for the ice. But that’s what will happen at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, as U.S. sledding and sliding competitors go for the gold. Los ...

Competitive swimmers not only work hard to have perfect technique; they also reduce drag by wearing tight Speedo trunks and even shaving their body hair prior to game day. Here is a question from a ...

1. What did men swim in, historically? Survey Greek urns or Roman frescoes and the answer is clear—throughout antiquity, men went swimming in the nude. As with many moves toward prudishness, the ...

While speedos may finally be going mainstream in America, the garment remains polarizing. Ingrained cultural conservatism has turned the speedo into a statement, and some aren’t down with that. Others ...