Gold Medal Moms

18Feb14

Like much of America, I fell madly in love with Charlie White and Meryl Davis this Olympics. What grace, what beauty, what hair! My crush started when I interviewed Charlie and Meryl’s moms for Spry. (You’ve seen them on the sidelines with their game faces on!) Along with other Olympians’ moms, I asked for their […]

Filed under: Magazines, Spry   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: healthy eating, healthy kids, olympics, parenting

Kristi Yamaguchi q&a

14Feb14

It’s hard to believe it’s been more than 20 years since Kristi Yamaguchi won the gold medal in Albertville, France. (As you can see from our gorgeous cover photo, she hasn’t aged a day!) I was wildly curious about her memories of the 1992 Olympics. It’s a tiny club of people who have stood atop […]

Filed under: Cover stories, Magazines, Spry   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: celebrities, olympics

summer sanders q&a

24Jul12

My dad, Mike Dodd, covered Olympic sports on and off for more than two decades at USA Today, so it was fun to channel him in my recent interview with swimmer Summer Sanders. (I doubt Dad ever talked to a gold medalist about varicose veins, but hey, that’s my beat!)

Filed under: Magazines, Spry, Web stories   |  1 Comment
Tags: celebrities, olympics