ESPN Profiles Denison-Kenyon Rivalry

Excerpted from ESPN.com Gregg Parini used to clench his phone, raise it to his ear and wait for the shouting to begin. Greg Parini swam for Kenyon -- and now coaches at rival Denison.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"You're like Darth Vader! You joined the dark side!"

Now, 21 years after taking over as the men's and women's swimming coach at Denison University, a private liberal arts school tucked away in the center of Ohio, Parini shrugs off the term "traitor." It's what Parini isn't called, though, that still irks him.

Parini's friend and counterpart at Kenyon, Jim Steen, hesitates to call Denison anything more than just another challenger. Read the Full Story on ESPN.com