Dying To Ask

A recent poll finds Americans are getting more comfortable with AI. But, they're still worried about it.  The survey was done by Bentley University and Gallup. You can check it out  here . 56% of people polled say AI's influence is equally good and bad in society. Two out of three of us say we're learning more about it. But only one in 10 describes themselves as knowing a lot about artificial inte...

Think you're busy? Try telling that to time and productivity expert Laura Vanderkam. Vanderkam is the New York Times best-selling author of eight books on time management and host of the daily productivity podcast Before Breakfast. Her books include " What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast " and " 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think ." "We all have 24 hours in a day," she sai...

Being bored at the Olympics is a good thing if you're Dr. Marcy Faustin. Faustin  is a co-head team physician for USA women's gymnastics. Paris will be her second Olympics. The delayed Tokyo Games were her first Olympic experience. She thought protecting her athletes from COVID-19 and injury would be her main challenge. Instead, she found herself thrust into one of the most seismic moments in spor...

Experience matters. And, it may be the U.S. men's water polo team's greatest asset heading into Paris. Ten of the 13 guys on the roster competed on the Tokyo Olympic team, including three-time Olympian Alex Obert. "There is a huge difference between your first Olympics and your second Olympics, the kind of nerves just knowing what you're going to go through every single day," Obert said. Obert gre...

Robyn Stevens walks faster than most people run and is on track to make her second Olympic Team. Stevens  is the fastest female race walker in the country. Growing up in Vacaville, she said a high school track coach suggested she try race walking. Stevens did and instantly fell in love with the sport.  "It's super technical it's what drew me to it,"  Stevens  said. Women compete in the 20-kilomete...

From grit to glam. Women's Health is celebrating female athletes with its first-ever Olympics issue. Liz Plosser  is the editor-in-chief of Women's Health magazine. The July-August issue is a global celebration of women's sports and athletes and spans 10 editions of the magazine worldwide. "We really wanted to focus on women who would share their stories vulnerably, and let us into who they are as...

Keana Hunter spends most of her day upside down, trying to avoid getting kicked in the head while hiding from the sun. And she wouldn't have it any other way. The 20-year-old first-time Olympian will represent  Team USA  at the Paris Olympics this summer. Team USA hasn't qualified in the Olympic artistic team event since 2008. It last medaled in the sport formerly known as synchronized swimming wi...

Katrina Young has unfinished business and she wants to get it done in Paris. The two-time Olympic diver will compete in the U.S. Olympic  Diving Trials  in Knoxville, Tennessee, from June 17-23. She'll compete in both solo and synchronized events. Katrina  grew up in the Pacific Northwest, graduated from the University of Florida with a music degree in 2015 and competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics an...

They say good things come in threes. Maggie Steffens hopes they come in fours. Steffens  is the team captain for the U.S. Olympic  Women's Water Polo Team . The team has won three straight Olympic gold medals. Winning a fourth would make history as no team, men's or women's, has won four straight gold medals. We caught up with Steffens and her team at a sold-out exhibition game at Long Beach City...

35 years is a long time to wait for a dream. But Bill May says it's worth it. Bill  was 10 years old when he started artistic swimming. He fell in love with the sport and dreamed of going to the Olympics. "Every time someone would tell me no, I'd say watch me. You're going to see me at the Olympic Games. You're going to tell me no and I'm going to say yes. They're going to say that person followed...

A trip to Paris would be the ultimate revenge after getting dumped for Theo Brunner and Trevor Crabb. Both are veteran beach volleyball players and both got dumped last year by their prior partners. The timing couldn't have been worse. Crabb says it often takes three to four years of playing with a partner to create the kind of chemistry it takes to qualify for the Olympics. "We're one of the olde...

The girls in the boat are heading to Paris and Folsom's Michelle Sechser has Lake Natoma to thank. Sechser  is a two-time Olympic rower in lightweight double sculls. She fell in love with the sport at age 14 after following her older sister to  Capital Crew . That rowing club is based at the  Sacramento State Aquatic Center  on Lake Natoma and has produced multiple Olympic champions. "When I start...

Sagen Maddalena has a literal shot at gold this summer at the  2024 Paris Summer Olympics . Maddalena  is a two-time  Olympic shooter  and will compete in two air rifle events at the summer games. She grew up in Groveland, California. She was homeschooled in the small mountain town and was introduced to her sport through a 4-H gun safety class. She got hooked and went on to become an eight-time Al...

The American dream and the Olympic dream collide in Johanna Garton's new book, "All in Stride." All in Stride: A Journey in Running, Courage and the Search for the American Dream  is about Olympian  Shadrack Kipchirchir and his wife, Sgt. Elvin Kibet , two American professional runners. Both competed in February's U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Shadrack competed for Team USA in the 10,000m at the 2...

Kali Wilding and Shelley Oates-Wilding are on the ultimate Olympic mother-daughter road trip that hopefully ends in Paris. Kali  is one of Team USA's top sprint kayakers.  Shelley  is a two-time Olympian for Team Australia and the current U.S. National Coach in canoe-kayak. Kali grew up in Hawaii surrounded by water and her mother's Olympic legacy. But Shelley says she was careful to not push her...

Get to know Olympic hopeful gymnast Riley Loos as he tumbles with Fitz through a round of FIVE WITH FITZ. Five rapid fire questions with a bonus question.

Stanford alum Riley Loos hopes to put some Cardinal red into the red, white and blue for Team USA at the Paris Olympics this summer. Loos  graduated from Stanford in 2023 and has stayed on in Palo Alto to train with his former college team and Stanford head men's gymnastics coach  Thom Glielmi . Nearly half the U.S. Men's National Gymnastics Team has a  Stanford  connection. The school is known as...

Jason Newton may be a newbie to Olympic coverage. But his hometown already knows how to support someone at the Olympics. Jason  is an evening news anchor at WBAL-TV in Baltimore, hometown of Olympic swimming legend  Michael Phelps . Jason is also a native of Baltimore. And while his wingspan isn't as broad as Phelps, his knowledge of all things Olympic will be by this summer's games. This is the t...

Imagine having a stunt double at work. Fletcher Mackel basically does in his role as a sports anchor at WDSU-TV. That's because the guy often sitting next to him on the anchoring desk doing the news is his identical twin brother Travers. The Brothers Mackel have share a lot of experiences together. They grew up playing baseball in New Orleans. Both attended college and played baseball at Loyola Un...

Team USA will rely on an Olympic Trials process to pick most of its 2024 Summer Olympic Team. But for how much longer? Some worry it's not sustainable to stage "mini-Olympics" in host cities to select athletes due to rising costs and expectations. Freelance writer  Erin Strout  raises the issue in her most recent article for Outside Online where she investigated whether the popular US Olympic Mara...

Check out FIVE WITH FITZ with Olympic marathoner Fiona O'Keeffe.   Five rapid fire questions with Team USA's speediest female marathoner. 

If the Olympics gave out a medal for fan geekdom, Mike "Domi" Domalaog would get gold every time. Domi, as he's known around KCRA 3 and the Hearst Olympic Team, is an encyclopedia of all things Citius, Altius, Fortius, Communiter. (That's the Olympic motto: Faster, Higher, Stronger-Together if you were not blessed with FOUR YEARS of high school Latin as I was.) In our first MEET THE TEAM episode,...

Season 11 of the Dying to Ask podcast is here and it's giving us Emily in Paris vibes. We're heading to the  2024 Paris Summer Olympics ! In our Season 11 trailer, Deirdre Fitzpatrick has a look at what to expect over the next few months as we highlight athletes, coaches and all those behind the scenes who support  Team USA .

From touchdowns to acquisitions — NFL legend Steve Young's second act may be more exhausting than his former career. Young  was a quarterback for 15 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. He's a two-time MVP (1992/1994), and he's a three-time Super Bowl winner. But Young says he started working on his post-retirement plans long before he left the game. He earned his law degree from BYU w...

Feeling blah? Head outside. Mother Nature may be the ultimate mood booster. Science has long backed the health benefits of the great outdoors. Spending time outdoors impacts your physical and emotional health. Going outside can fight depression and lower blood pressure. Feel cranky after a long day indoors at school or work? A 10 minutes walk outside soaking in some sun can radically change how yo...