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Len Pasquarelli is an American sports writer and analyst with The Sports Xchange and a 25-year veteran of covering theNational Football League (NFL).[1] The Sports Xchange is a network of professional, accredited reporters and analysts who cover each team or sport full-time.
Prior to joining the Sports Xchange, he wrote for ESPN.com[2] starting in 2001 and was a frequent contributor to the otherESPN outlets, includingSportsCenter,ESPNEWS,ESPN Radio andESPN The Magazine. Before ESPN, Pasquarelli served as a senior writer for CBS SportsLine.com. He has also covered the NFL for theAtlanta Journal-Constitution from 1989 to 1999, theFort Wayne News-Sentinel from 1985 to 1989,Pro Football Weekly from 1982 to 1985, andPittsburgh Steelers Weekly from 1978 to 1982.
Pasquarelli is a member of thePro Football Writers of America and has twice won national awards as the Best NFL Reporter of the Year. He also has won several writing awards, including anAssociated Press Deadline Sports Reporting Award in 1988.
Pasquarelli has been on the committee that selects inductees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. During the annual selection meeting on February 2, 2008, he fell ill and was taken to an area hospital. The following day he had quintuple bypass surgery.[3] While in rehabilitation for the bypass surgery, he began to experience new symptoms which were later diagnosed asGuillain–Barré syndrome. He was named the 2008 recipient of the Dick McCann Memorial Award.[4]
Pasquarelli is aPittsburgh, Pennsylvania native and graduated from theUniversity of Pittsburgh in 1972. He currently resides inAtlanta, Georgia.