Olympics open tonight
With Rio’s challenging current events and Olympic travails, I thought Mashable did a good job on this Olympics round-up:
Mashable Olympic highlights
Sailing fans
There’s at least one person from Gloucester in Rio for the Olympics in an official capacity. I know this because I read Nick Curcuru’s interesting article from today’s Gloucester Daily Times: Ben Richardson Heading to Rio as US Sailing Olympic Committee Chairman
Remember to toast James Brendan Connolly
I wrote about the very first Olympic winner in 1500 years having a Massachusetts and Gloucester connection, author James Brendan Connolly. Connolly won two gold medals in the Athens Olympics in 1896: Before he was a Harvard spurner, a Veteran, a Gloucester Master Mariner, a sea tales chronicler and beloved writer, James Connolly was one of 14 American athletes to compete in the international Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece, 1896.
I wonder about other Olympic athletes with Gloucester ties.
Will you watch any Rio events? cue GMG poll
Good Morning Gloucester 