Alyssa Roenigk sports • adventure • travel • journalist

Check out my new cover story on snowboarder Shaun White, who I interviewed many times over the past nine months for this piece. Our first interview took place at his secret halfpipe in Silverton, Colorado, in February 2009. Then I sat down with him last fall at a swanky SoHo hotel in New York City…

Before leaving for the Beijing Olympics in 2008, I wrote a blog expressing how I felt about the opportunity to cover the summer Games. Growing up, I was a gymnast, a catcher/short stop and a sprinter. And like most kids who compete in Olympic sports, I had visions of competing in red, white and blue.…

It happens the same way every year. Anticipation … buildup … excitement … exhaustion. That is the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. This year, I worked on videos for X Center, a post-event, late-night edition of SportsCenter, with our TV production group and caught up with as many athletes, coaches and industry folks as…

My life began on December 23, 1972. This wasn’t the date of my birth. It was the date of my first memory. Of anything. We were living in the San Francisco Bay Area and my parents were Raiders fans. Everyone in Northern California back then was a Raider fan. The 49ers sucked. Joe Montana was…

I grew up in the Cleveland area, which means I am a Cleveland sports fan. Yes, that’s right. I admit it. I am part of a rare breed that loves their Cleveland teams, no matter how bad a season they are having. Our motto is “there is always next year” and, despite terrible odds, we…

What better game to be granted a press pass than the Browns verses Steelers? As a Cleveland sports fan, there are only a few great games each year—Michigan-Ohio State, Indians-Yankees and Browns-Steelers. To be given this opportunity is an adventure of a lifetime, even when the wind chill is -12 degrees. On the way into…

Reporting Live From Jordan Hare Stadium, Some Guy. After years of unsuccessfully trying to convince me to abandon my work as a nerd in the engineering world and accept a full-time position as a sports writer, ESPN The Mag finally offered me an opportunity that I couldn’t refuse: sole coverage of the greatest rivalry in…

I never thought I would say this, but I found myself sitting front and center at a Lakers’ game surrounded by men, none of whom were cheering, drinking beer, or even harder to imagine, watching the Lakers’ girls in all of their half-naked glory bounce up and down. How is that possible, you might ask?…

Continuing my winter tour of mountain towns, I flew to Park City last week for the final two Grand Prix contests and the naming of the Olympic halfpipe team, a visit to the DC Mountain Lab and my annual Sundance fix. A quick recap … As we were sitting on the runway waiting to take…