| Gene Wojciechowski | |
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Wojciechowski in 2010. |
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| Education | University of Tennessee |
| Occupation | Sports journalist Author |
Gene Wojciechowski [woj-che-how-ski](pronounced /wɒtʃəˈhaʊski/) is a sports writer, best known for his work with ESPN.
Born in Salina, Kansas, Wojciechowski received a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism from the University of Tennessee and began his career as a sports writer covering college football and college basketball. His work has included stints with the Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Denver Post, and the Los Angeles Times; he became a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine in January 1998, having worked as a football reporter for the network since 1992. He was named a senior national sports columnist for ESPN in June 2005.
Prior to joining ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, Wojciechowski was the national college football and college basketball columnist for the Chicago Tribune (1996 – 1997). He also reported on the NFL for both the Denver Post (1983 -1984) and the Dallas Morning News (1984 -1986) before switching to back to college football and basketball for the Los Angeles Times (1986 -1996). In December 2007, Wojciechowski published his novel, Cubs Nation: 162 Games. 162 Stories. 1 Addiction (Broadway Books). He has also co-authored autobiographies with several recognizable sports personalities. These works include The Bus: My Life In and Out of a Helmet (Doubleday 2007) with Jerome Bettis; I Love Being the Enemy: A Season on the Court with the NBA’s Best Shooter and Sharpest Tongue (Simon & Schuster 1995) with Reggie Miller; Nothing but Net: Just Give Me the Ball and Get Out of the Way (Hyperion Books 1995) with Bill Walton; and My Life on a Napkin: Pillow Mints, Playground Dreams and Coaching the Runnin’ Utes (Hyperion 1999) with Rick Majerus.
While he has won numerous peer awards, Wojciechowski wrote an article in the fall of 1997 for the Chicago Tribune that included negative stereotypes of an Indian or Pakistani cab driver,[1] prompting the Tribune to offer a formal apology.[2] At the time, he was the national college football and college basketball columnist for the Chicago Tribune (1996 – 1997).
He is the author or co-author (autobiographies) of eight books.