Recently, US Olympian Rowdy Gaines stirred controversy with his comments regarding Owen Lloyd’s disqualification during the 1650m freestyle at the ACC Swimming and Diving Championships by the NCAA.

Caleb Dressel had just won a gold medal and Rowdy Gaines was all fired up. ”Yes, sir!” This is the Rowdy Gaines swimming fans have grown to know and love. Fist pumps. Exclamations. Rising up. Sitting ...

then—to use to swimming analogy—you'd want Rowdy Gaines in the center lane of that pool. Gaines, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and U.S. Olympic and International Hall of Famer ...

At the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, swimmer Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines powered the United States to three gold medals, winning one individual title in the 100m freestyle and swimming the anchor legs in ...