Posts Tagged ‘ESPN The Magazine’
Girls, Girls, Girls
I spent the past three days at the first Stone Clinic Women’s Sports Conference in San Francisco, California, and had the opportunity to get to know some of the most remarkable women I’ve had the opportunity to meet in my years as a sports writer. I attended the conference to speak on a panel about…
Read MoreBoxing Day
Another day, another athlete visit. Today, light heavyweights Joe Calzaghe (of Wales) and Roy Jones, Jr. (of Florida) dropped by our 34th Street offices to promote their upcoming fight at Madison Square Garden. The two men sat in our garage for about a half hour today and answered questions from our staff. They joked, talked…
Read MoreT-Minus Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four …
In five days, I say “See ya soon!” to New York City and all of the dear friends I’ve collected over the nine years I’ve lived in New York. (So much for that “three-year plan” when I moved here 10 days out of college.) I am certainly not saying good-bye to the Big Apple, because…
Read MoreBack in the City
After a little more than five weeks, I am back in New York City. Just in time for the start of the college and NFL football seasons and the U.S. Open here in NYC. But I still can’t stop thinking about the Olympics. Probably because that’s what everyone is asking me about. They want to…
Read MoreDay 18: Closing Ceremonies
Last night was the last night of Club Bud, our favorite hangout here in Beijing. Today is the last day of the Olympics. Writing both of these sentences makes me a bit sad. This has been quite an experience, to say the least. And a large part of me is sad it is ending. A…
Read MoreDay 16: BMX is a Success
This morning, the rain finally stopped. So again, after about three hours of sleep, I headed to the Laoshan BMX track for the finals of the inaugural Olympic BMX race. I think it was a glowing success, and at least for now, it is here to stay. The U.S. did fantastic, as expected. Mike Day…
Read MoreDay 13: Tour de Beijing
This morning, it finally happened. It was fairly quick (lasted about two hours) and not nearly as bad as many of my friends have experienced it. I got a touch of food poisoning. I’m not sure what I ate, because everything at dinner last night was great. My friends Amy and Gretchen and I had…
Read MoreDay 12: Life After Softball
I finally made it out to the softball stadium today. Of course, I didn’t get to watch much of a nail-biter (Team USA beat China 9-0 in four innings), but I at least had the chance to see our superstar team in action. The field was beautiful. I wanted to run down on the field,…
Read MoreDay 11: Is Eight Enough?
As of midnight last night, I was going to have to watch this morning’s swimming session on a TV in the media center. Swimming is such a tough ticket that even members of the credentialed media have to have a ticket. And the IOC is only offering so many. (We could only score one.) So,…
Read MoreDay 10: The Fastest Man Alive Eats … Nuggets!
I’ve always wanted to watch the Olympic 100-meter race in person, as close to the track and the athletes as I could manage to position myself. So when I arrived at the Bird’s Nest Saturday evening and saw a row of empty seats in the first row of the stadium, a little past the halfway…
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