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Kevin Blackistone is an American sports columnist, radio host, television host, and professor. He was born on October 17, 1959 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1981 with a degree in journalism. Blackistone began his career as a sports writer for the Washington Post in 1982. He then moved to the Dallas Morning News in 1989, where he wrote a column for the paper until 2006. He has also written for ESPN.com, AOL Sports, and the Washington Post. Blackistone has also appeared on ESPN's Around the Horn since 2002, and is a regular panelist on the show. He is also a regular panelist on ESPN's Outside the Lines. Blackistone is currently a professor at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. He also teaches a course on sports media at the University of Texas at Austin. As of 2021, Kevin Blackistone's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Occupation Sports columnistRadio hostTelevision hostProfessor
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 17 October 1959
Birthday 17 October
Birthplace Washington, D.C.
Nationality United States

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2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2015/05/14/kevin-blackistone-to-write-commentary-for-sports-section/

2013

Blackistone recently has served as a contributing writer to the web site Politico.com. He served as a columnist for the sports–oriented website FanHouse from October 2007 – March 2011; Blackistone left the website when it was bought by the Sporting News. He is currently an independent columnist, and contributes to the iPad-only newspaper The Daily.

2008

In August 2008, he accepted the position of the Shirley Povich chair of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, where he now teaches sports journalism.

2006

After covering Nelson Mandela's U.S. tour in 1990, moved to SportsDay to cover sports business and write columns. A year later, he became a full-time SportsDay columnist. He continued until September 2006, when Blackistone was one of 111 journalists to accept a buyout offer from the News, forcing his departure from the newspaper on September 15, 2006. Editor Bob Mong, in an article on the buyouts, wrote of Blackistone: "His thoughtful and probing journalism almost always stimulated response from readers, and, in this hyper-busy world, that's saying something."

1981

Blackistone started his career in journalism as a city side reporter at The Boston Globe newspaper in 1981, after graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. In 1983, he wrote for The Chicago Reporter, a monthly investigative magazine on Chicago's racial and social issues. In 1986, Blackistone joined The Dallas Morning News as a reporter in the City section; he later moved to the Business section covering economics, and the Metropolitan section covering city events and issues.

1959

Kevin Bruce Blackistone (born October 17, 1959) is an American sports journalist and professor for Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, as well as a frequent panelist for ESPN's Around the Horn and for Comcast's Redskins Postgame Live. On radio, he appears as a frequent guest co-host on the Sports Reporters on DC's ESPN980. As of May 6, 2019, Blackistone has 301 wins on Around the Horn.