The scoring process in diving isn't the only thing about the sport that may leave viewers scratching their heads. It may seem odd for water to be sprayed on top of more water as athletes are ...

For three years, Pennsylvania-born scuba diver Chris Donnelly prepared for the underwater expedition of a lifetime: a journey to the SS Andrea Doria. The so-called “Mount Everest of Shipwrecks,” it’s ...

One of the unique aspects of the Olympic Games is that the greatest spectacle in sports has the ability to both draw fans' attention to new events and to reveal previously unnoticed details in a ...

WASHINGTON — Every four years when the Summer Olympics come around, keen-eye viewers tend to spot something interesting during the diving competition: Sprinklers watering the top of the pool. The ...

World Aquatics, the governing body for aquatic sports, requires there be "mechanical surface agitation" in pools for Olympic events to "aid the divers in their visual perception of the surface of the ...

Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC Connecticut's News Headlines newsletter. World Aquatics, the governing body for aquatic sports, requires there be ...