Joe Posnanski
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Joe Posnanski (nicknamed "Poz" and "Joe Po") is an American journalist and columnist for Sports Illustrated and The Kansas City Star. He has worked at the Star since October 1996. A selection of his columns about the magic of sports is compiled in the book, The Good Stuff [1]. His book The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America [2] was published by William Morrow & Company and won the Casey Award as best baseball book of 2007. Another book, about the Big Red Machine, titled The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, was published in 2009.
In 2003 and 2005, Posnanski was named the best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors. In all, he has been nominated 21 times for APSE Awards, and he has won in the features and projects categories. In 2009, he won the National Headliners Award for sports column writing. Posnanski has won many other awards including the Missouri Press Association award for best sports columnist in Missouri ten times, and he was the first recipient of the Joe McGuff journalism award, presented by the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission.
He and his wife, Margo, live in Kansas City. They have two daughters, Elizabeth and Katie.
In October 2007 he debuted his new website at www.joeposnanski.com. His wife also blogs on the site.
On August 19, 2008, he announced that would be writing for Sports Illustrated in addition to his duties at the KC Star.[3] He currently writes a weekly online column for Sports Illustrated, and his blog is reprinted on www.si.com. On August 5, 2009, he announced he would become a full-time Senior Writer for SI. He will still make occasional contributions to the KC Star.[4]
