Back in LA! I’m sitting at home writing this entry while watching the show I’ve been working on for the past month with the X Games producers, the first hourlong show I’ve had the pleasure of being a part of (and my first hosting gig), The World of X Games ski preview show. I rarely…

Yesterday, I was in Pittsburgh. Today, I’m in Park City. Not a bad city swap, if you ask me. I’m here filming an interview with boardercross racer Lindsey Jacobellis for our upcoming World of X snowboard show, which airs next month. I think it will be the best piece in the one-hour show. Lindsey is…

At the Pens game Monday night, two teenage girls were seated two rows in front of my mom and me. They were dressed in full Pens regalia: T-shirts, hats, Pens logos on their purses. For all intents and purposes, they looked like fans. Every once in a while, they even looked up from their phones…

You know those times when you learn about something for the first time — a word you’ve never seen in print and have to look up or a product a friend introduces you to that’s been on the market for months — and suddenly you begin to see it everywhere. It’s as if your awareness…

Yesterday at the mall, we came upon a prognosticating piece of Steelers memorabilia, a Brett Keisel Fortune Teller machine. He told us we had a fun Sunday in store, as well as a Steelers win. He was right. What a fun, memorable day. And I had such a great time talking to women at the…

I love to walk. If I had my way, and jet-propelled legs, I would walk everywhere. There is no better way to see whatever city you’re in, to interact with other humans and to not pay $4.89/gallon per mile than to put one foot in front of the other and hoof it. My mom and I…

Often, after a member of my family reads my blog, they ask me, “Why don’t you write about us more?!” Fortunately, they don’t read my blog very frequently, so that’s not an oft-asked question. I tend to stick to reporting-related blogs that take you behind-the-scenes of my life as a sports journalist. And rarely does…

A few years back, I came across a story about a survey conducted by Scarborough Sports Marketing that found that nearly 35 percent of women living in Pittsburgh identified themselves as Steelers fans. SSM had surveyed more than 220,000 residents in 75 U.S. markets and Pittsburgh’s numbers more than doubled that of the national average.…

Today, I witnessed one of two things: The start of an incredible come-from-behind NLCS championship run by the Los Angeles Dodgers, who were down 3-1 in the series against St. Louis, or the final game of the season at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers are now down 3-2 and head to St. Louis for games 6…

I’ve been thinking a lot about creativity lately. Partly because it’s a central theme in the book I’m co-authoring (more on that very soon, I hope!), but mostly because I’ve committed to writing here every day. What will I write about?! How will I come up with ideas?! Why am I using multiple punctuation at…