MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Do Olympic coaches get medals too?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Do Olympic coaches get medals too?

I started wondering this after seeing Xander Schauffele win gold for the U.S. in golf last week. Did his caddie get a medal too? He did not. But that made me wonder do any coaches in the Olympics get medals or ANYTHING? So Olympic coaches do not get official medals from the International Olympic Committee…

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Connecticut is dominating Jeopardy this week

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Connecticut is dominating Jeopardy this week

You’ve probably been spending most of your evening TV viewing time watching the Summer Olympics, but if you’ve caught any episodes of Jeopardy lately you may have seen Yale University PhD student Matthew Amodio on his crazy eight-day winning streak. He won again Monday night with a $19,200 payout. Bringing his grand total so far up…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How much water is in an Olympic sized pool?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How much water is in an Olympic sized pool?

While watching all the swimming, diving, and water polo in the summer Olympics this past week you’ve probably wondered at some point “how much water does it take to fill that thing?” An Olympic pool has about 2.5 million liters of water. This is enough to fill up 8,200 bathtubs. That’s A LOT of bubble…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why does everyone keep referring to these 2021 Olympics as Tokyo 2020?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why does everyone keep referring to these 2021 Olympics as Tokyo 2020?

If you watched even a few minute of the Summer Olympics coverage you’ve probably noticed that despite it being 2021 right now everything still says “Tokyo 2020”. Obviously the games were postponed last year due to the pandemic. But why didn’t they change the year? The International Olympic Committee decided to keep everything as “2020”…

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Connecticut’s connection to the big USWNT Olympic win today

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Connecticut’s connection to the big USWNT Olympic win today

Big win today for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team at the Summer Olympics today as they defeated The Netherlands 4-2 in a penalty kick shoot out to advance the to Semifinal round. Connecticut should be proud as Stratford’s very own Alyssa Naeher, the USWNT goalie, made two HUGE saves during the shoot-out to secure…