William C. Rhoden is a sports columnist for The New York Times[1]. He has been in his current role since March 1983. Previously, he was a copy editor in the Sunday Week in Review section since October 1981 when he joined the newspaper.
Before joining the Times, Mr. Rhoden spent more than three years with The Baltimore Sun as a columnist. Before that, he was associate editor of Ebony magazine from 1974 to 1978. Rhoden is a frequent guest on ESPN's The Sports Reporters.
He attended Morgan State University in Baltimore and while there acted as assistant sports information director.