American sportswriter (born 1951)
Jayson Stark (born July 19, 1951)[ 1] baseball forThe Athletic The Philadelphia Inquirer ESPN .
Stark was born inPhiladelphia and grew up in the city'sNortheast section.[ 2] [ 3] Syracuse University 'sS. 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 joinedESPN in 2000.[ 4] ESPN.com . He also contributed toSportsCenter ESPNews ,Baseball Tonight [ 9] Mike & Mike [ 9] [ 10] [ 3] [ 11] [ 12] The Athletic [ 13]
Stark is the 2019 recipient of theJ. G. Taylor Spink Award given by theBaseball Writers' Association of America , for "meritorious contributions to baseball writing".[ 14]
Stark has three children with his wife, Lisa, who has been an assistant coach for the Council Rock North volleyball team.[ 15]
"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 ", inThe Phillies Reader , Richard Orodenker, ed. 2005: Temple University Press, page 220.ISBN 1592133983 ^a b c d e "Jayson Stark" .ESPN Mediazone . Archived fromthe original on November 4, 2016. RetrievedJune 18, 2013 .^a b "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. RetrievedNovember 3, 2023 .^a b c "Inductee Profile: Jayson Stark" . Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. RetrievedApril 1, 2018 .^a b Morgan, Bruce (2012).Steve Carlton and the 1972 Phillies ISBN 978-0786489831 ^ Macnow, Glen; Cataldi, Angelo (2004).The Great Philadelphia Sports Debate ISBN 0975441914 ^ "ESPN's Stark to visit Penn State for Foster Conference" .Penn State | News . The Pennsylvania State University. Archived fromthe original on October 11, 2014. RetrievedJune 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 ISBN 978-1623682262 ^a b "Jayson Stark" . Speakerpedia.com. 2015. RetrievedJanuary 20, 2015 .^ Skarka, Mike (February 8, 2017)."ESPN's Jayson Stark to be inducted into Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame" .ESPN.com . RetrievedApril 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 ) – viaTwitter . ^ Draper, Kevin (April 29, 2017)."A Running List Of ESPN Layoffs" .Deadspin . RetrievedJanuary 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. RetrievedDecember 11, 2018 .^ "ESPNs Jayson Stark Talks Phillies!" .Suburban One Sports . October 7, 2010. Archived fromthe original on January 21, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 20, 2015 .
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