Guest Blog: Eric’s Eats!
In what just may become your new favorite feature (It’s mine already!), my friend Eric Adelson fills in this blog’s most glaring, gaping, Dunkin Donut-sized hole: the lack of discussion of great food. Here, in his first installment, EA Sports satiates his sweet tooth … [Fellow guest blogger’s note: “Eric is the size of a…
Read More34th and Madison
If you check my blog regularly, you may have noticed that those SportsCenter commercials have nothing on what really goes on in our mag offices during a given week. (Sorry, Wieden+Kennedy. It’s true.) On Wednesday, surf god Laird Hamilton dropped by the office to pimp his new clothing line for Steve & Barry’s (Hawaiian shirts…
Read MoreFollow The Leader
This week, I spent my first night in a hotel room since moving to NYC nine years ago. ESPN held its first-ever, and seemingly first-annual, women’s leadership conference at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. For a day and a half, I sat with appproximately 400 women (four of whom were my co-workers at The…
Read MoreRecovering From A Loss
This weekend, I went to my first Stanley Cup playoff game. It was part of my season-long, self-imposed program centered around becoming a more well-rounded Pittsburgh fan. And a more educated hockey fan. Man, I picked the right season. Detroit may be more experienced, but I don’t think there’s a more fun team to watch…
Read MoreGuest Blog: Inline Lindsay
This past weekend, my favorite guest blogger, Lindsay Berra, was in Vegas for U.S. wrestling nationals. (Anything to get ya to Sin City, right?) In her downtime, she stopped by Love, the newest Cirque du Soleil show, which is playing at The Mirage. The show blends two things I absolutely heart: The Beatles and circus…
Read MoreThe Next Generation
I went to the NFL Draft this weekend. It was my first time. I’m working on a story on former Boston College QB Matt Ryan and was hoping to spend some time with him and his family. You know, watch a few draft picks, score a couple childhood stories from mom, meet his sister and…
Read MoreThe End of the Madden Jinx??
I have to admit, I secretly love this time of year. And I don’t mean Springtime in New York (although I do). I mean the announcement of the player who will grace this year’s incarnation of EA’s Madden NFL video game. I love it because it means sportswriters all around the country will be talking…
Read MoreLipstick and Sports
When IRL driver Danica Patrick (who became the first woman to win an Indy race last weekend), steps out of her car after a race, she usually does so wearing lipstick. She also poses in leather undies (see April FHM), bats her eyelashes at interviewers and talks about her hair on Letterman (see Wednesday’s show).…
Read MoreFive-Ring Circus in Chicago
Of all the traveling I do for work and play, I had never been to Chicago. Strange, but true. Two of the cties most folks visit on their first domestic and international trips are Chicago and London—two cities I had never visited. London still tops my list of must-get-to spots, but this week was my…
Read MoreDoubling Down in San Diego
After leaving the NIke Innovation Summit, I flew to San Diego for a few days of moto madness: the inaugural ESPN Moto X World Championships held at Qualcomm Stadium (home of the SD Chargers). I love how self-important we are at ESPN. The “world championships”. I think the Moto X Games would have been a…
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