Monthly Archives: December 2010

I interviewed Chris Witty at the 2003 Pan American Games where she was competing in cycling after winning a gold medal in long track speedskating at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. I told her out of all the athletes on the U.S. team in Santo Domingo, she was the one I wanted to interview the most. She did not disappoint, especially when we got to the “I Feel Witty” point in the interview when she told me her favorite funny movies. She acted out scenes, impersonated characters and delivered lines. We were both laughing pretty good. Continue reading →

I grew up watching big-time wrestling, so interviewing Kurt Angle, the 1996 Olympic gold medalist turned WWE star was a lot of fun. The interview was done in November of 2002. He was supposedly considering a comeback and had just been to the Olympic Training Center. It would have been huge if he would have tried to make the 2004 Team. Continue reading →

After the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the next big thing to hit the U.S. Olympic Team website was a wave of traffic to view our Jennie Finch photo galleries. She was just voted ‘Hottest Female Athlete’ by a ESPN Page 2 poll, based on a couple ESPY Awards red carpet photos. I put together a gallery of Finch softball images and the thing blew up. I interviewed her one-on-one in the USOC press room at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo. I loved the fact that she told each story like it was the first time. Continue reading →