USA Gymnastics: The Big Show

Last week was one of the busiest weeks of my life. From Monday at 9 a.m. to Saturday night at 10:30, I was going non-stop in Louisville for the USA Gymnastics Championships — the national championships for trampoline and tumbling, rhythmic gymnastics and acrobatic gymnastics. It was my first time seeing any of these disciplines

LeBron to the Cavs

Yesterday was payday. But not just any pay day. I can pretty confidently say that I can almost entirely thank LeBron (and Lee Jenkins) for my paycheck. As you all know, LBJ decided to break the news that he was heading back to Cleveland to SI writer Lee Jenkins. I’ll be the first to admit that

Michael Phelps is a funny guy

I’m about six weeks into my internship at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and I’m finally contributing to this blog. It’s been a long time coming, I know. But really, don’t thank me. Thank Michael Phelps. Let me just start off by saying that “I’ve been really busy” would be a grosser understatement than describing the city

USA Gymnastics: prep for the big event

So much has happened since my last post, but I’ll try to keep this on point. It’s been one busy week. For a while now we’ve been preparing for the USA Gymnastics Championships that are going on all next week in Louisville. It’s basically the national championships for trampoline and tumbling, rhythmic gymnastics and acrobatic gymnastics on

USA Gymnastics: Week Three(ish)

Nothing like a little tornado to thrust some excitement into the workplace. I’d say that was the highlight of the week (well, besides setting a World Record and all). It’s not like our lives were in danger or anything. Just a little tornado strolling through Plainfield, Ind., no biggie. I’d say some of the women