Julia Yohe

A recent graduate of Northeastern University, Julia Yohe is a dedicated, experienced journalist with a demonstrated passion for sports reporting.

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About Me

Julia Yohe is a recent graduate of Northeastern University, where she earned a BA in journalism with a minor in sports media and communication. She has interned at The Boston Globe, NBC10 Boston and NBC Olympics and worked as a Multiplatform Producer for NBC Local. Since graduation, she has rejoined NBC Olympics as a Digital Editor covering speed skating, short track, ski jumping, Nordic combined, para biathlon, and para cross-country skiing.

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NBC Olympics • 3rd January 2026

In their last season together, U.S. men’s team pursuit is going for Olympic gold

Casey Dawson faced a unique challenge heading into the 2025-26 Speed Skating World Cup season.
It had nothing to do with skating. In fact, as one-third of the world record-holding U.S. men’s team pursuit trio, he was eager to get back on the ice as a unit with Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran and replicate their overwhelming success from the previous four seasons.
But as punishment for losing his fantasy football league, which he shares with Cepuran and Lehman, Dawson was forced to carry a pink ba...

NBC Olympics • 3rd January 2026

Oksana Masters and Aaron Pike: A love story of Paralympic proportions

She’s the most decorated U.S. Winter Paralympian of all time. He’s a nine-time world championship medalist. Together, they’re one of the most prolific couples in elite sports.
Having qualified for every Paralympic Games — winter and summer — since 2012, Oksana Masters and Aaron Pike have built remarkable résumés individually.
A multi-sport athlete, Pike professionally competes in para biathlon, para cross-country skiing, and para track and field. Since the Beijing Paralympics, he has won two ind...

NBC Sports • 4th November 2025

From concession stand shifts to practice, rink time keeps short track skater Clayton DeClemente grounded

Being a professional athlete is time consuming, no matter the sport. Between practices, workouts, team meetings, and traveling to competitions, athletes don’t have time for much else during the season.U.S. short track skater Clayton DeClemente takes that to a whole different level. The Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he and the national team primarily train, is basically his second home.DeClemente’s regular training schedule is demanding enough: on-ice sessions from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m....

NBC Olympics • 1st October 2025

Kevin Bickner, back from retirement, has some unfinished business in ski jumping

Shortly after the 2022 Olympics, U.S. ski jumper Kevin Bickner decided to retire. Three years later, he's back on the hill, earning personal bests in almost every major competition.

NBC Olympics • 19th September 2025

U.S. ski jumping, Nordic combined eye Olympic success with help from Norway

No American has won an Olympic Nordic combined medal since 2010. In ski jumping, the drought goes back to 1924. So, shortly after the 2022 Games, Team USA decided to seek help from its fiercest rival in the sports: Norway.

NBC Olympics • 10th September 2025

Meet Nordic combined, the ultimate — and paradoxical — extreme winter sport

The two Nordic combined disciplines — ski jumping and cross-country skiing — have almost nothing in common. It's a true extreme winter sport, and it poses an almost impossible challenge for the athletes competing in it.

NBC Olympics • 25th August 2025

Nick Mayhugh has found his ‘why’ after five years in para track & field

As two-time Paralympian and three-time Paralympic gold medalist Nick Mayhugh prepares for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, he's approaching his career in a different, healthier way — and dismantling the stigma surround disabled athletes in the process.

The Huntington News • 18th September 2024

Northeastern alum rides to gold thrice in historic Paralympic debut

At the age of 16, a series of catastrophic health issues left Fiona Howard, then a highly-accomplished junior equestrian athlete, unsure if she would ever be able to get back in the saddle.
Now, almost a decade later, the Northeastern alum not only finds herself ranked among the best para dressage athletes in the world, but with three Paralympic gold medals under her belt — including the first-ever for the U.S. in the team event. The team’s combined final score of 235.567 is the highest ever rec...

NBC Olympics • 18th September 2024

Double Dutch: Netherlands women's field hockey wins second straight gold, completes country's golden sweep

In a match made for the history books — a rematch of the 2008 Olympic final in Beijing — the Netherlands rallied late from a one-goal deficit to defeat China in a shootout to win its second straight gold. The Netherlands was also victorious in the 2008 final.
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The Netherlands, field hockey behemoth, is the reigning gold medalist and playing in its sixth straight gold medal match. The staunch Dutch defense has only allowed more than one goal once through the tournament. The Oranje had...

NBC Sports Boston • 26th March 2024

NFL Draft: How top-3 QB picks have fared in their rookie seasons

The New England Patriots are, in a word, unstable at the quarterback position.

Mac Jones’ predictable departure and Bailey Zappe’s unreliable play left the Patriots without a long-term answer at QB. Signing free agent Jacoby Brissett, known for his dependable backup status, didn’t settle the matter.

Though Jerod Mayo announced Monday that the Patriots are open to trading their third overall pick — weighing the benefits of securing additional draft picks further down the line in an attempt to...

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