(Antonio Calanni | AP file photo) Salt Lake City's Nathan Chen celebrates after winning the men's free skate during the figure skating Grand Prix finals at the Palavela ice arena, in Turin, Italy, on Dec. 7, 2019. Chen missed some practice for this week's U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, N.C., with flu-like symptoms but is still the considerable favorite to win his fourth straight national title.
Julie left the beach of Santa Cruz, Calif., where she worked for 17 years, for the mountains of Salt Lake City in 2019. She has covered the NBA Finals, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Maverick's big wave surf contest and two Olympics. A Colorado native, she enjoys creating her own adventure, occasionally with her husband and two kids in tow.