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Wright Thompson was born on 9 September, 1976 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, is an American journalist. Discover Wright Thompson'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 47 years old?

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Occupation journalist
Age 47 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 9 September, 1976
Birthday 9 September
Birthplace Clarksdale, Mississippi
Nationality United States

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Wright Thompson Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Wright Thompson worth at the age of 47 years old? Wright Thompson’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. He is from United States. We have estimated Wright Thompson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1920

Jennifer O'Connell wrote: "In the piece, McGregor’s childhood upbringing in the “projects” of Crumlin and Drimnagh suggests he was brought up in the Gaza Strip or 1920s Chicago, not a neighbourhood in which this writer lived for six happy and peaceful years, oblivious to the grenades whizzing by, or the fact that I should have been taking an armed escort whenever I had to cross the Liffey."

She also suggested that the author might have been duped by interviewees: "To be fair to Wright Thompson, you can’t help feeling that some of his interviewees might have seen him – and a Hollywood agent – coming."

Fintan O'Toole called Thompson's description of Dublin "ludicrous".

Rick O'Shea tweeted: "I grew up in both the ‘projects’ *ahem* of Crumlin and Drimnagh. This is lazy stereotyping bullshit of the highest order ..."

1976

Wright Thompson (born September 9, 1976) is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.

He formerly worked at The Kansas City Star and Times-Picayune in New Orleans.

Thompson's topics have covered a wide range of sports issues.

Thompson is a native of Clarksdale in northern Mississippi, the son of Mary Thompson.

His late father, Walter Wright Thompson, an attorney, played a pivotal role in Clarksdale's emergence as a tourist destination based on blues music.

1984

The senior Thompson was an ardent Democrat who was the Mississippi finance chairman for the 1984 John Glenn presidential campaign.

He later supported Michael Dukakis and Bill Clinton in their campaigns against George Herbert Walker Bush.

1996

Thompson is a 1996 graduate of Lee Academy, where his peers voted him Most Likely to Succeed and Student Body President.

Thompson started his sportswriting career while a student at the University of Missouri in Columbia, having covered Missouri sports and writing as a columnist for the School of Journalism's Columbia Missourian.

Between his junior and senior years, he interned at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans and later was the LSU beat writer there.

He later moved to the Kansas City Star, where he covered a wide variety of sports events including Super Bowls, Final Fours, The Masters, and The Kentucky Derby.

2006

In 2006, he assumed full-time writing duties at ESPN.com.

2008

In 2008, after watching the University of Alabama narrowly defeat Louisiana State University in a home game in Baton Rouge, Thompson described Tiger Stadium as "the best place in the world to watch a sporting event."

2010

His 2010 article Ghosts of Mississippi inspired the 2012 ESPN 30 for 30 series documentary film The Ghosts of Ole Miss (which Thompson narrated), about the 1962 football team's perfect season and concurrent violence and rioting over integration of the segregated university by James Meredith.

He also narrated the ESPN 30 for 30 film Roll Tide/War Eagle.

2017

His 2017 article on Conor McGregor and Dublin for ESPN was criticised by residents for bearing no resemblance to the actual city.

2020

Pappyland (2020 - Book: A Story Of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last)