The Nike Field Reporter

A lot of my friends thought I was crazy a year ago when I decided to travel to London. “What are you going to do out there?” “Why leave?” they said. Yeah, as awesome as New York City is, my idea was to just try and get out while I’m young and gutsy enough to do these types of things. ...

“I can’t compare it to anything else,” Carli Lloyd says. And who could? Carli Lloyd and Hope Solo, two of the 24 all star players on the U.S. Women’s National Team, are looking forward to a new year. With the World Cup in 2011, this year is an important qualifying year for the team. Every ...

“I missed my brother’s wedding,” Abby Wambach said. Shannon Boxx gave up three other sports she loved to play in order to focus on soccer, her true passion. They train physically and mentally every day and made plenty sacrifices to count to be on the National Women’s Soccer Team. Did ...

“Not more tilapia!” The idea of having another night of tilapia can’t be that bad, right? Then again, I love fish. But for Sister One winner Denise Johnson, a change in diet and lifestyle seemed to be more of an adjustment for her family than for herself. “My mother was practically in ...

Sometimes I look at music stars and think, what I’d give to meet them. All the lights and red carpets tend to create an unrealistic image of who these musicians are in real life. However, the guys from Boys Like Girls are four musicians who seem to break that mold. Despite the recent ...

As a woman, I am quite particular with what I wear. We all have different shapes and sizes, and we all like to be comfortable. But we also care about how clothes fit and how they look. As far as training clothes go, the same rules apply. When it comes to shopping, it’s tough to find new ...

The ideal sports fan is one who encompasses the practices and personality traits we often see highlighted on the top plays of the week. Belly painted blue and large four fingered hand waving at the court, defines a fan. The ideal sports fan makes it into our favorite sports movies and is ...

It’s often referred to as the best high school girl’s basketball tournament on earth. This year, the top 88 teams in the country participated. Only the best of the best get invited to play in the Nike Tournament of Champions. When the tournament started in 1997, it included just 32 high ...

In my time as the Nike Field Reporter, I’ve had some awesome opportunities to interview top athletes and musicians. In my most recent interview, however, I headed down to Atlanta to participate in a yoga session with a woman who impressively embodies both musical and athletic abilities. A ...

“I would have given up all my Christmas gifts to have this,” Landon Donovan admits. For the opening of the Niketown NYC Bootroom, professional soccer superstar, Landon Donovan expressed how awesome it is for soccer players to have the help and access to the new Niketown Bootroom, which ...

You know how long it takes to buy that fresh pair of kicks after searching and searching for a pair no one else could possibly own. I remember I traveled all the way to Brooklyn just to find that exclusive pair only sold in a limited number of stores in the world. The thought of having ...