Joe Posnanski
Joe Posnanski (pronounced /pəzˈnænski/; nicknamed "Poz" and "Joe Po") (born January 8, 1967 in Cleveland, Ohio[1]) is an American journalist and senior columnist for Sports Illustrated and former columnist for the The Kansas City Star. He writes extensively on his personal site, Joe Blogs.
Journalism
Posnanski began his journalism career as a multi-use reporter and an editor at The Charlotte Observer. He also worked as columnist at The Cincinnati Post and The Augusta Chronicle before taking a columnist job at The Kansas City Star.[2] Posnanski worked at the Star fulltime from October 1996 to August, 2009. He is a Senior Writer writer for Sports Illustrated, and he began writing the back page Point After on Dec. 20, 2010 and writes it every other week, splitting time with fellow Senior Writer Phil Taylor.
A selection of his columns about the magic of sports is compiled in the book, The Good Stuff. His book The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America [3] was published by William Morrow & Company and won the CASEY Award as best baseball book of 2007.[4] 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 and reached Number 17 on the New York Times Bestseller List.[5]
In October 2007 he debuted his new website at www.joeposnanski.com. In 2011, the blog was nominated for National Magazine Award.[6].
Journalism awards
In 2003 and 2005, Posnanski was named the best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors[citation needed]. In all, he has been nominated 21 times for APSE Awards[2] , and he has won in the features and projects categories. In 2009, he won the National Headliners Award for sports column writing, and he won a second National Headliners Award in 2011 for Online 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.[7]
In 2011, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance named Posnanski the inaugural winner of their online writer of the year award. The BBA also announced that they will rename the award "The Joe Posnanski Award."[8]
Miscellaneous
He is on the 10-person voting panel for the Fielding Bible Awards, an alternative to the Gold Glove Award in Major League Baseball[9]
Personal life
He and his wife, Margo, live in Charlotte, North Carolina. They have two daughters, Elizabeth and Katie.
References
- ^ "A Boulevard Called Chagrin". si.com.
- ^ a b "About Joe". Joe Blogs.
- ^ The Soul of Baseball on Amazon.com
- ^ "CASEY Award" on SpitballMag.com (Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine)
- ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. October 4, 2009.
- ^ "National Magazine Award". Digital Ellie.
- ^ "KC Commission" (PDF). Joe McGuff Award.
- ^ "Writer Award". Baseball Bloggers Alliance.
- ^ Gleeman, Aaron (November 1, 2010). "Yadier Molina leads fifth annual "Fielding Bible Awards"". NBCSports.com. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
Voted on by a 10-person panel that includes Bill James, Peter Gammons, Joe Posnanski, Rob Neyer, and John Dewan as well as the entire video scouting team at Baseball Info Solutions, the award sets out to recognize the best defensive player at each position, regardless of league.
External links
- Joe Blogs - Posnanski's Blogspot
- SI Archive - Posnanski's Sports Illustrated Archive