Six days after arriving at our first U.S. military base in the Persian Gulf, we’ve arrived at the Kuwait Cit y airport to begin the long trek home. It’s been an amazing week. I’ve had a lot of fun and met some incredible people. It was such a pleasure to travel with the Bikes Over…

After a little more than a day of travel time, we arrived at our first base in the Persian Gulf. Due to agreements with the local governments, we aren’t allowed to print exactly where these bases are located in the Middle East. Instead, we must refer to them as being located in “an undisclosed location…

That’s a six-word combo I previously hadn’t thought much about. I certainly never expected to need to research the correct tying of Middle Eastern shemaghs as prep for an ESPN The Mag story. But that was my last order of business this morning before leaving my apartment to start nearly 24 hours of travel to U.S.…

Five weeks. That’s about as long a time span as I’ve spent in one place since moving to Storybookland (aka Santa Monica) four years ago. And it’s exactly how much time I spent in the SBL after returning home from the Olympics in August. It was so nice to catch up with my friends, enjoy this…

It’s over? Already?! Where has the time gone?! Kidding! This has been a wonderful three weeks filled with so many great memories and even better people. But once we all crossed the finish line last night, it’s a miracle any of us had the brain capacity to make it to the right gate at Heathrow…

Can it be!? Closing Ceremonies! The final event of the 2012 London Olympics. I finished my story on flag bearer Bryshon Nellum and his coach Ron Allice, the longtime head coach at USC, and you can read it HERE. Once I get home and take a few days to recharge my battery, I’ll be able to…

Shhh … Don’t tell anyone, but this morning, I SLEPT IN! I had a long list of things I was “going to do” this a.m., like work out, go for a run, check out the Olympic store to buy souvenirs (I haven’t braved that zoo yet) … but instead, I slept in, made tea and…

TGIF! F! F? I thought yesterday was Friday! Or tomorrow. Doesn’t matter. It’s Friday. That means something in the rest of the world. Here, it means very little, aside from the fact that I would be waking up at 8 am to work out with some friends from Nike and covering BMX. My alarm came…

Are you ready for some football!? Just once this Olympics, I wanted a game to start with Hank Williams Jr. belting out those words over the loudspeaker. But I guess the sound of 80,000 screaming fans at Wembley Stadium (an Olympic and UK record for a women’s soccer match!) was a suitable replacement. And once…

Today was an off-day for women’s soccer and the team’s first full day in London. So, U.S. women’s soccer team, you’re finally in London. What are you going to do?! Why hold a press conference, of course! So much for the handful of us who’ve been covering the team. Today, there were at least 200…