Pete Thamel | |
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| Born | (1977-11-16)November 16, 1977 (age 48) Ware, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Syracuse University |
| Occupation | Sports reporter |
Victor Pete Thamel (born 1977) is an Americansports reporter forESPN. He previously worked forYahoo Sports,Sports Illustrated, andThe New York Times.
Thamel was born inWare, Massachusetts to Peter V. Thamel.[1] He was the sports editor at the high school paper.[2]
Thamel graduated fromSyracuse University'sS.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1999, where he majored in magazine.[3] He began his sportswriting career during college at Syracuse, he served as sports editor ofThe Daily Orange for three years.[2][4][5] During his time at Syracuse,Donovan McNabb was theOrange's quarterback, andJim Boeheim'smen's basketball team reached the national championship game in1996.[1]
After graduation, Thamel began covering college basketball forThe Post-Standard inSyracuse, New York.[2][6]
Thamel joinedThe New York Times in 2003 and spent nine years there as the national college sports reporter. In 2006,The New York Times nominated him for a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. He leftthe Times in 2012 forSports Illustrated as a senior writer, covering college football and basketball.[7][8] Thamel joinedYahoo Sports in 2017 and covered college sports and the NFL.[9][10]
He was hired byESPN in 2022.[1][11]
Thamel is a member of theFootball Writers Association of America and has won numerous FWAA writing awards.[11] He has also won several Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) awards,[12] including first place for beat reporting in 2017 and breaking news in 2011. He considersPeter King atSports Illustrated and Joe Drape fromThe New York Times his biggest mentors.[2]
Thamel lives inSouth Boston.[1] He got married in March 2021.[13]