MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why is it called a softball if it’s not soft?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why is it called a softball if it’s not soft?

If you ever played softball or got hit by one you know that they don’t really live up to the name. They’re actually pretty hard. So why call them softballs? Like most things it starts way back in history with a wacky story… In 1887, some alumni of both Harvard and Yale were hanging out…

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT!  The average teenage girl does this 150 times a year?

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! The average teenage girl does this 150 times a year?

All week I have tickets to LANY at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Tuesday, August 16. It’s a 5-4-3-2-1 week so all the tickets will be in first five rows starting Monday with the 5th row, all the way to Friday being the 1st row. Play every day at 4pm to win. Would you have known the answer for today’s…

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! 76% of women do this everyday before they do anything else

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! 76% of women do this everyday before they do anything else

All week I have tickets to LANY at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Tuesday, August 16. It’s a 5-4-3-2-1 week so all the tickets will be in first five rows starting Monday with the 5th row, all the way to Friday being the 1st row. Play every day at 4pm to win. Would you have known the answer for today’s…

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Woman trying to run 102 marathons in 102 days

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Woman trying to run 102 marathons in 102 days

The Boston Marathon is happening today up in Boston, MA. Anyone running a marathon should be celebrated for what an accomplishment it is to finish. But for this one woman it’s just one of many she will be running to reach her goal. Jacky Hunt-Broersma from Arizona is on a quest to run 102 marathons…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: When and Why did marathons start?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: When and Why did marathons start?

Today was the 126th running of the Boston Marathon. When and why did people start running Marathons anyway? According to the legend throughout history, a messenger in Greece had to run roughly 25-miles from a town named Marathon to Athens to announce a Greek military victory. Once he arrived and gave the message he immediately…