Diana Nyad was a long distance swimmer and for a ten period of time; (1969 -1979), there was nobody more accomplished. She was the 'Janet Evans' of open water swimming. She later went on to sports broadcasting working for such icons as ABC's Wide World of Sports; (Thrill of victory, the agony of defeat), and I believe she did some work for NBC.
Currently, she is now a sports business analyst for NPR's Marketplace which is recorded M-F at the Frank Stanton Studios over at USC. (Los Angeles is very NPR centric. We have KCRW at Santa Monica College, Marketplace and Day to Day over at USC, We have KPCC at Pasadena City College and more.)
The sports topic today for NPR's Marketplace was about an accomplished American skier named, Bode Miller, who will have nothing to do USA Skiing even though USA Skiing invested a lot of time and money helping him master his craft.
Diana Nyad contrasted this behavior with Michael Phelps who she states makes 30-million dollars a year and goes out of his way to promote USA Swimming interests. I suspect the 30- million-dollar figure is a bit inflated and I suspect 3-10-million in an Olympic year is more accurate. Still, it was nice to see that our sport doesn't have police blotter issues splashed all over the radio as compared to some professional sports such as basketball, football and baseball.
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