Alyssa Roenigk sports • adventure • travel • journalist

I’ve been less than productive the past couple of weeks, especially when it comes to this blog. But I have a reason for that. An excuse, if you will. I couldn’t type! I had shoulder surgery last Monday to fix a few tears in my right shoulder, so I was limited to answering e-mails by…

Thursday night, I finally made it to a playoff game with my friend Sue, an Executive Editor at The Mag (and a Red Sox fan). Although it took us two-and-a-half hours to get to the stadium, which is 42 miles from my house, it was worth it. It was a fun game—especially considering I anointed…

MONDAY night, the magazine held a party to celebrate the Body Issue at the London Hotel here in L.A. (Best rooms ever!) We had a great turnout of athletes who were featured in the magazine—Lolo Jones, Kristi Leskinen, Jessica Mendoza, Sarah Reinertsen (the only cover athlete who attended), Oguchi Onyewu (on crutches), Todd Potter and…

If you haven’t seen the current issue yet, the Body Issue is out. It’s the magazine with the naked athlete on the cover that’s not covered in black plastic at the newsstand. There are six covers: Serena Williams, Carl Edwards, Gina Carano, Dwight Howard, Sarah Reinertsen and Adrian Peterson. Collect all six! For my essay…

A couple months back, I met up with skateboard icon Tony Hawk for a piece in our X Games preview. After the interview and photo shoot, I chatted with Hawk about his high school experience for our teen sports magazine, Rise. Check out that interview here.

Unbelievable as it seems, the Grand Prix season (the qualifying contests for the U.S. snowboard team) is less than three months away. First stop, Copper Mountain, Colorado. In preview of snow season, in this month’s Five-Ring Circus, I dissect the most talked about halfpipe trick since the 1080. Click here to read my dissertation on…

My Clay Marzo story is finally online. Click here to check it out. I’ve received more e-mails from readers about this story than about any I’ve written in the past. Most of the letters are from parents of children with Asperger’s who are moved and inspired by Clay’s story. As they should be. He’s an…

In the current issue of The Magazine—(our NFL preview issue)—check out my story on surfer Clay Marzo, “In His Element”. I flew to Marzo’s home in Maui last October to report the story, which came out just days after he won his first professional contest, the Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido. One of the most talented…

On the plane ride home from my sister’s wedding in Florida this weekend, (see photos below), I finished Christopher McDougall’s fantastic book Born to Run. The moment I turned the final page, I wanted to read it again. I wanted to do my own research on the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico, the running men.…

Check out the latest issue of The Mag. It’s our college football preview issue and my story on Colt McCoy, “Colt Hero,” is the cover story. Check it out. Even if you don’t like Texas, college football or Colt McCoy—heck, even if you’re a Hatfield—I promise the story will make you smile. He’s one heck…