Posts Tagged ‘ESPN The Magazine’
It Ain’t Over and Over and …
I spent last weekend in South Lake Tahoe reporting a story on Jamie Anderson, a 17-year-old professional snowboarder who’s just about unbeatable in a slopestyle contest. She is number five in a family of eight children and invited me out to spend a few days experiencing what it’s like to grow up in such a…
Read MoreA Record Truly Meant to be Broken
Reporting From … The Red Bull K-Rob Experiment Records are meant to be broken. In most sports, records are also meant to be revered, discussed at length and argued about heatedly after one too many beers at the corner pub. A record is not, however, meant to be humbly handed over out of respect for…
Read MoreYellow (and black) Fever
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 MoreAbout A Blog
I blog about my experiences every week. But rarely does someone else blog about me, so when it happens (once, and counting), it’s a reason to link. In his most recent blog on espnthemag.com, our Editor-in-Chief Gary Belsky writes about my discovery of The Madden Jinx and its affect on the NFL zeitgeist. Cool. To…
Read More34th and Madison, Part 2
[Alyssa’s note: Below, I refer to Usain Bolt as one of the fastest men alive. Well, at the Reebok Grand Prix, he one-upped that title by running a 9.72 in the 100m, breaking the current world record and becoming the fastest man alive. But just when you think there can’t be a cooler name-sport combo…
Read MoreEverybody’s Somebody
Last week, I was in Napa, California (I know. Rough assignment.) to meet up with Olympic BMX hopeful Donny Robinson. Donny grew up in Napa and lives at home when he’s not traveling to races. Although he’s well known in BMX circles, he’s virtually unknown to the mainstream sports world. For that reason, no fewer…
Read MoreGuest 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…
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