Jayson Stark Biography
Stark was born in Philadelphia and grew up in the city's Northeast section.[ 2] [ 3] Syracuse University 's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in journalism in 1973.[ 3] [ 1] [ 4] The Providence Journal [ 2] Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Phillies , and eventually became a national baseball writer and columnist for that paper.[ 1] [ 5] Baseball Week in Review column "known for unearthing obscure, historic and humorous aspects of baseball".[ 1] National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association .[ 1] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Stark joined ESPN in 2000.[ 4] ESPN.com . He also contributed to SportsCenter ESPNews , Baseball Tonight [ 9] Mike & Mike [ 9] Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.[ 10] [ 3] [ 11] [ 12] The Athletic [ 13]
Stark is the 2019 recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award given by the Baseball Writers' Association of America , for "meritorious contributions to baseball writing".[ 14]
Personal life
Stark has three children with his wife, Lisa, who has been an assistant coach for the Council Rock North volleyball team.[ 15]
Bibliography
Selected articles
"How MLB Expansion could lead to realignment, a new playoff format, a universal DH and more" . The Athletic "Kolten Wong's walk-off wins wild one" . ESPN "Strange stuff … in the 2011 postseason" . ESPN . December 23, 2011."Strange But True in 2010" . ESPN . December 24, 2010."Schmidt Just Made It Look Easy ", in The Phillies Reader , Richard Orodenker, ed. 2005: Temple University Press, page 220. ISBN 1592133983 References
1 2 3 4 5 "Jayson Stark" . ESPN Mediazone . Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2013 .1 2 "Jayson Stark in his own words" . Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism . Still No Cheering in the Press Box. Interviewed by Alex Murphy. University of Maryland, College Park . 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2023 .1 2 3 "Inductee Profile: Jayson Stark" . Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 1, 2018 .1 2 Morgan, Bruce (2012). Steve Carlton and the 1972 Phillies 178. ISBN 978-0786489831 ↑ Macnow, Glen; Cataldi, Angelo (2004). The Great Philadelphia Sports Debate 20. ISBN 0975441914 ↑ "ESPN's Stark to visit Penn State for Foster Conference" . Penn State | News . The Pennsylvania State University. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2013 .↑ Gordon, Bob; Burgoyne, Tom (2013). More than Beards, Bellies and Biceps: The Story of the 1993 Phillies (And the Phillie Phanatic Too) ISBN 978-1613214473 ↑ Gordon, Robert (2013). Then Bowa Said to Schmidt...: The Greatest Phillies Stories Ever Told 153. ISBN 978-1623682262 1 2 "Jayson Stark" . Speakerpedia.com. 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015 .↑ Skarka, Mike (February 8, 2017). "ESPN's Jayson Stark to be inducted into Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame" . ESPN.com . Retrieved April 9, 2025 . ↑ Jayson Stark [@jaysonst] (April 26, 2017). "For 17 yrs I've had a dream job covering baseball for ESPN. Today is my last day. Thanks to all the great people at ESPN, MLB & all of you!" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ↑ Draper, Kevin (April 29, 2017). "A Running List Of ESPN Layoffs" . Deadspin . Retrieved January 1, 2025 . ↑ Stark, Jayson (April 1, 2018). "Jayson Stark: Welcome to the future, where great writing matters" . The Athletic . ↑ "Jayson Stark wins Baseball Hall of Fame's Spink Award" . ESPN. Associated Press. December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018 .↑ "ESPNs Jayson Stark Talks Phillies!" . Suburban One Sports . October 7, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015 .
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