Ted Kennedy--senator/athlete

So my wife and I are watching the news this morning about Ted Kennedy's brain tumor and the NBC reporter said it was good that Kennedy was athletic......athletic? The last time I remember TK doing anything athletic was the night he swam away from his car while Mary Jo Kopechne drowned, then walked a mile or two to his bungalow to concoct an alibi with his lawyer before calling the cops. Yeah, he's a real Olympic hopeful.