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Kevin Blackistone was born on 17 October, 1959 in Washington, D.C., is an American sportswriter. Discover Kevin Blackistone's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Occupation Sports columnist Radio host Television host Professor
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 17 October, 1959
Birthday 17 October
Birthplace Washington, D.C.
Nationality United States

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1959

Kevin Blackistone (born October 17, 1959) is an American sports journalist and professor for Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, as well as a frequent panelist for ESPN's Around the Horn.

On radio, he appears as a frequent guest co-host on the Sports Reporters on DC's ESPN980.

1981

Blackistone started his career in journalism as a city side reporter at The Boston Globe newspaper in 1981, after graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

1983

In 1983, he wrote for The Chicago Reporter, a monthly investigative magazine on Chicago's racial and social issues.

1986

In 1986, Blackistone joined The Dallas Morning News as a reporter in the City section; he later moved to the Business section covering economics, and the Metropolitan section covering city events and issues.

1990

After covering Nelson Mandela's U.S. tour in 1990, moved to SportsDay to cover sports business and write columns.

A year later, he became a full-time SportsDay columnist.

2006

He continued until September 2006, when Blackistone was one of 111 journalists to accept a buyout offer from the News, forcing his departure from the newspaper on September 15, 2006.

Editor Bob Mong, in an article on the buyouts, wrote of Blackistone: "His thoughtful and probing journalism almost always stimulated response from readers, and, in this hyper-busy world, that's saying something."

Blackistone recently has served as a contributing writer to the web site Politico.com.

2007

He served as a columnist for the sports–oriented website FanHouse from October 2007 – March 2011; Blackistone left the website when it was bought by the Sporting News.

He is currently an independent columnist, and contributes to the iPad-only newspaper The Daily.

2008

In August 2008, he accepted the position of the Shirley Povich chair of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, where he now teaches sports journalism.

In addition to his teaching position and his frequent appearances on Around the Horn, Blackistone delivers analysis on sports for the PBS NewsHour from time to time.

2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2015/05/14/kevin-blackistone-to-write-commentary-for-sports-section/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/kevin-b-blackistone/

2019

As of May 6, 2019, Blackistone has 301 wins on Around the Horn.

Blackistone was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Hyattsville, Maryland.

He is a graduate of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School.

2020

In 2020, he joined The Washington Post as a sports columnist.

Blackistone's several honors include first- and second-place awards for sports column writing from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors (APME), a Chicago Newspaper Guild award for investigative reporting, and a National Association of Black Journalists award for enterprise reporting.

He was also a member of a team that won a Texas APME award and, several times, a finalist for a Press Club of Dallas Katie Award.