Sports authors
How do we define Sports authors?
Big ticket sports include college and professional basketball, baseball, hockey, and football. Authors in this category may write on other topics (Spelling Bee, Olympics, or World Cup) but for the most part their subject matter revolves around the "Big Four".
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9.8
Description: Mike Fisher has been a newspaper beat writer and columnist since 1982, with more than 20 years covering the Mavs and NBA and the Cowboys and NFL in Dallas. He is the author of two best-selling books on the Cowboys, is an award-winning writer who has worked with Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Deadspin and elsewhere, and...
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Description: Henry Abbott runs the TrueHoop sports blog on ESPN.
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9.6
Description: I was born and raised in the Allston section of Boston and moved to the Brighton section of Boston when I was 15. I'm now married and own a home in West Roxbury section of Boston. My family and friends are very important to me and always come first.
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Description: Hall of Fame baseball reporter Peter Gammons has worked for ESPN since 1988. He primarily serves as a studio analyst for Baseball Tonight, but he also does regular spots for SportsCenter, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio and contributes to ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. Gammons was voted the National Sportswriter of the Year for...
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9.7
Description: Joe writes about human performance, social interactions, psychology of public policy, and the psychology of creativity.
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Description: Peter King, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, joined the magazine in 1989 after spending nearly a decade as an award-winning newspaper journalist. He is one of the country's premier pro football writers. With his lively "Monday Morning Quarterback" column, King is also a key contributor on the NFL beat for SI.com.
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Description: Having been involved with Thoroughbred racing from coast to coast (from Churchill Downs to TVG to Smarty Jones’s personal assistant), Molly Jo Rosen now manages a major racing operation and serves her blend of pony punditry on her blog: Focused Filly.
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9.0
Description: Jon Heyman is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. Heyman writes a baseball notes column called The Daily Scoop for SI.com, which appears most weekdays during the baseball season and twice a week during the offseason. He also reports on the news of baseball year-round for SI.com and also contributes to the magazine....
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Description: J. A. Adande is a writer for ESPN.com who contributes basketball articles to ESPN's site and also takes part in the Around the Horn show every weekday afternoon.
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Description: A young writer looking to make a name for himself in the baseball world.
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