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Tips for Cheap Summertime Fun

Posted on 06/13/2013 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Entertainment | Money & SavingsReady for summer fun? Cheap Life host Jeff Yeager shares his tips for frugal summer entertainment if you like to take in baseball, theme parks or a swim at the beach. Be sure to enter your your favorite free summer activity at the bottom of the video for a chance to win a $50 gift card.   Also of Interest 5 Frugal Lessons from My Father How to Have a Successful Yard Sale Join AARP: Savings, resources and news for your well-being …

Eric Spector: Just Call Him Ironman

Posted on 06/7/2013 by | Best Life | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | Your LifePeople like Eric Spector amaze those of us who consider a slow walk up a moving escalator to be a real workout. The California businessman challenged himself to complete 10 kick-butt athletic events in a single year—his 65th. “I’ve never heard of anyone attempting a mix of 10 such demanding run, bike and swim events in a given year—let alone their 65th,” he says. Me, either. Spector rejects the label of elite athlete, describing himself as “just someone committed to …

Diana Nyad says at SXSW She Will Make 5th Attempt at Cuba-Florida Swim

Posted on 03/13/2013 by | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHey everyone! It’s team AARP from SXSW – Karin Miller (TN), Kim Loop, (TX), Jenn Baier, (IL) and Jim Flaherty and Jessica Prell (WI) this morning we got to go on a walk with Diana Nyad while she was at SXSW. We were so inspired!  When Diana Nyad was an 18-year-old Olympic hopeful, she walked out on the pool deck at the trials afraid that the years of 4:30 a.m. workouts and sets of 1,000 situps would end in failure. …

Diana Nyad Nears Florida Keys and 63rd Birthday On Fourth Day of Swim

Posted on 08/21/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsUpdate: Sad news! Soon after I posted this update this morning, CNN reported that Diana Nyad had to be pulled from the water due to severe jellyfish stings and a dangerous lightening storm. “With all the threats continuing, Diana decided that it was not a risk that we wanted to take,” Nyad’s operations chief Mark Sollinger said.

Michael Phelps As The New Mark Spitz

Posted on 08/15/2008 by | General News | Comments

EntertainmentAARP’s Prime Time Radio interviews Mark Spitz about his take on Olympic athletes today – Michael Phelps in particular.

News To Know: The Best Ever?

Posted on 08/13/2008 by | Archived Contributor | Comments

Your LifeWith five gold medals so far in Beijing and a chance for three more, Michael Phelps is already the winningest olympian of all time and he is in position to break the record for most golds in a single olympic games. Is he the best athlete in the world?