Amy Bass
My Daughter Wants a Snowboard
I grew up skiing. Skiing almost every single day. During the winter, two days a week, the school bus didn't take us home. It took us...
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Amy Bass
Feb 11, 20182 min read
The Best Stories You'll Ever Hear
Sitting on a couch watching the Olympics is always a little weird for me. For a lot of years, I went to the Olympics as part of NBC's...
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Amy Bass
Feb 3, 20181 min read
The Whirlwind Begins
So it's finally February, 2018, a month that I thought would never get here. The day -- the day -- I've been waiting for, February 27th,...
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Amy Bass
Jan 27, 20181 min read
Holding it in my Hands
My daughter and husband greeted me at the door holding a large manilla envelope. I knew what was inside. UPS had taken away the...
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Amy Bass
Jan 17, 20181 min read
Pass the Ball
The last few days have been a whirlwind as my piece for CNN about Trump's "shitholes" comment took flight, and heartwrenching stories...
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Amy Bass
Jan 12, 20181 min read
John Branch
I have been so grateful for all of the fantastic early press about ONE GOAL, from the starred review from Kirkus to Booklist dubbing the...
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Amy Bass
Jan 11, 20182 min read
Calling an Audible
I headed into the city with more than a little trepidation -- I was going to Hachette, my publisher, not to meet with my editor or...
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Amy Bass
Jan 9, 20182 min read
One Month from Today
We are now one month out from the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. In my past life, I would be cramming my head...
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Amy Bass
Jan 5, 20183 min read
Mexico City and Bombogenesis
This afternoon, I should be settling down with colleagues in the Virginia Room at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. to talk...
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Amy Bass
Dec 24, 20172 min read
HOME
Throughout ONE GOAL, the concept of home is defined, imagined, and reimagined. There are home games and away games. There are homes...
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Amy Bass
Dec 18, 20171 min read
I'm So Excited
A schedule of events to support ONE GOAL is starting to come together, and I could not be more excited. While there is a full listing on...
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Amy Bass
Dec 18, 20171 min read
SI Adds Its Two Cents
Sure, I posted my own end-of-the-year thoughts (and I forgot about my nephew Max and his awesome soccer season!). But we might as well...
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Amy Bass
Dec 17, 20172 min read
My Year in Sports
I love end-of-year lists. Best photos. Best movies. Best songs. Best everything. So here's my take on the year in sports, something...
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Amy Bass
Nov 29, 20171 min read
When Writing Becomes Reading
Writing ONE GOAL has been an incredible journey, one that in many ways is just beginning. While it is my fourth book, in so many ways it...
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Amy Bass
Nov 28, 20172 min read
Sisters in Sweat
When Abby Wambach decided a few years ago that it was time to leave the building, she did it with a one-minute Gatorade spot that wasn’t...
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Amy Bass
Nov 19, 20172 min read
Two Years Ago Today
On November 19th, 2015, I published a piece for CNN Opinion about a soccer team in Maine. My friend Betsy had posted a short news item...
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Amy Bass
Nov 9, 20172 min read
Max's Big Head
I'm kind of shocked when I think about how much soccer I've had on the brain on any given day for the last four years or so. I've...
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Amy Bass
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Vote(ed)
I took my daughter with me to vote yesterday, as I try to do every year. We ran into one of her best friends so it became a party --...
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