Sportswriters. They were all my friends. They were racetrack guys and so was I.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My father was a racetrack bookie.
My real heroes have always been sportswriters.
At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter.
My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.
I used to be a record collector. Mark Ronson, Questlove and I used to be part of, like, a record-trading crew.
Julie Christie, I used to hang out with her. She was friends with Richard Pryor and Warren Beatty and all of them. There was a club in Beverly Hills called the Candy Store, a private club. I used to hang out with them all.
It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood.
I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer.
I ran track, and basically played every sport.
Growing up, my mom was a painter, my best friend was a painter, my husband is a painter. For a long time I knew artists, and I didn't know any writers.