Talking to her friend Shanti, columnist Alison Berkley learns the same old same old can get old compared to the old days. “Shanti and I were there through all that,” she writes, “and somehow we’re still here. Except now instead of courting us, the X Games has outgrown us. The X Games doesn’t need other media – that much is obvious by the crummy “media access” we were granted with our credentials. Aside from the media tent, media credentials don’t get you anywhere except corralled into areas where you can’t see anything. It’s clear ESPN is not going to share the best angle with anyone outside the Disney family.”