Maria Burns Ortiz

As part of its Veterans Day coverage, ESPN.com’s Page 2 ran a five-day series of first-person essays, in which writers collaborated with notable athletes who had also served in the Armed Forces. For my piece, I chose Gino Marchetti, former Colts defensive end and a soldier in the U.S. Army’s 69th Infantry Division in World […]

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I was recently approached about the possibility of writing for ESPN.com’s Page 2. It’s obviously a great opportunity and one that I am very excited about pursuing. My first Page 2 story – on the Monopoly World Championships (Hey, I say it’s as much a “sport” as poker.) – ran this week.

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A story I did for CCTV’s NeighborMedia program won an award at the recent Alliance for Community Media Northwest Region Video Festival. My video, Chalk on the Walk, documented the Cambridge Rotary Club’s annual fundraiser, which is held as part of the Harvard Square Mayfair. The piece incorporated video and still photography. I shot the […]

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Here’s a piece on Major League Soccer’s efforts to reach the Latino market. The league has really been at the forefront of appealing to this key demographic. This story was written to run as part of ESPN.com’s Hispanic Heritage Month package.

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This is the first of two stories I recently wrote for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. The piece looks at what Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court means to Latina law students and professors. It ran online today to coincide with the beginning of a new term in the high court. I also […]

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While the majority of the work I do for ESPN.com is primarily college soccer and the occasional MLS piece, I recently did a pair of previews for the World Football Challenge: Chelsea vs. AC Milan preview Club America vs. Inter Milan preview It was fun to be able to stretch my soccer range a little […]

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