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Swimmer Anthony Ervin has sights set on London Games

The iconoclast Anthony Ervin fancied himself as another Jim Morrison while earning an English degree at Cal a few years ago.
"I was the tattooed, skinny student in all black smoking cigarettes," Ervin said.

Now a graduate student in Cal's school of education, Ervin has moved past the notion of expressing himself through verse.

His fire has been lit by returning to the pool 12 years after winning a gold medal in the 50 meters freestyle at the Sydney Games. Read more about Swimmer Anthony Ervin has sights set on London Games

Ervin, swimming's mystery man, returns to the pool

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Swimming's mystery man is back in the water.

Now, at age 30, Anthony Ervin has a chance to make a real splash at the London Olympics.

Ervin was a rising star when he captured gold and silver medals at the 2000 Sydney Games. But he was never comfortable with the limelight, and he retired at 22. He's vague about what he did during the next eight years, which only added to his aura. This much is known: He sold his gold medal to aid victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, and he lost his silver medal. Read more about Ervin, swimming's mystery man, returns to the pool

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