(Danny La | Tribune file photo) The colorful suit of South Korea's Sang-Yeop Yeo blurs by in a turn Men's 1500 meter Speed Skating at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah during the 2002 Winter Games. Salt Lake officials were accused of blurring lines by offering bribes to IOC officials in exchange for their vote for Utah to host the Olympics. That and other scandals resulted in a sharp reduction of members on the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee board of directors, but the USOPC is slowly adding members back in.
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.