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'{{Infobox person | name = Kevin Blackistone | image = Kevin Blackistone 2012.jpg | image_size = | caption = Blackistone in 2012 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|10|17}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | education = [[Northwestern University]], '81 <br><small>[[B.S.]], Journalism</small> | occupation = Sports columnist<br>Radio host<br>Television host<br>Professor | notable_works = | spouse = | children = }} '''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ath.votenow.tv/|title=Around the Horn Show - PodCenter - ESPN Radio|website=ath.votenow.tv|language=en|access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref> Militant dude on ATH who is scared of the truth. ==Career== Blackistone was born in [[Washington, D.C.]] and raised in [[Hyattsville, Maryland|Hyattsville]], [[Maryland]]. He is a graduate of [[Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)|Our Lady of Good Counsel High School]]. 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]].<ref name=UMD>{{cite web|title=Kevin Blackistone|url=http://www.merrill.umd.edu/directory/kevin-blackistone|work=merrill.umd.edu|publisher=Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland|accessdate=12 August 2012}}</ref> In 1983, he wrote for ''The Chicago Reporter'', a monthly investigative magazine on [[Chicago, Illinois|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.<ref name="UMD"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brass|first=Kevin|title='Dallas Morning News' editorial staff members leap for buyouts; and 'Austin Student' publisher says 'vendetta' by former UT boss partially drove her to sell her weekly paper|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2006-09-29/406132/|work=austinchronicle.com|accessdate=12 August 2012}}</ref> 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." Blackistone recently has served as a contributing writer to the web site [http://www.Politico.com Politico.com].<ref>{{cite web|title=10 Questions With Kevin Blackistone|url=http://www1.realclearsports.com/articles/2009/02/10-questions-with-kevin-blackistone.html|work=realclearsports.com|publisher=RealClearSports|accessdate=12 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503115235/http://www.realclearsports.com/articles/2009/02/10-questions-with-kevin-blackistone.html|archive-date=3 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref name="UMD"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Sources: Kevin Blackistone Spurns Sporting News|url=http://sportsbybrooks.com/sources-kevin-blackistone-spurns-aolsporting-news-29529|work=sportsbybrooks.com|accessdate=12 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517212521/http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/sources-kevin-blackistone-spurns-aolsporting-news-29529|archive-date=17 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is currently an independent columnist, and contributes to the [[iPad]]-only newspaper [[The Daily (News Corporation)|The Daily]].<ref name="UMD"/> In August 2008, he accepted the position of the Shirley Povich chair of the [[Philip Merrill College of Journalism]] at the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]], where he now teaches sports journalism.<ref name="UMD"/> In addition to his teaching position and his frequent appearances on ''Around the Horn'', Blackistone appears to deliver analysis on sports for the ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' from time to time. In 2020, he joined the ''[[The Washington Post]]'' as a sports columnist. ===Awards=== Blackistone's several honors include first- and second-place awards for sports column writing from the [[Texas Associated Press Managing Editors]] (APME), a Chicago Newspaper Guild award for investigative reporting, and a [[National Association of Black Journalists]] award for enterprise reporting.<ref name="UMD"/> He was also a member of a team that won a Texas APME award and, several times, a finalist for a Press Club of Dallas Katie Award. ==References== {{reflist}}https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2015/05/14/kevin-blackistone-to-write-commentary-for-sports-section/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/kevin-b-blackistone/ ==External links== *[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/kblackistone/bio.htm Dallas Morning News biography] *[http://espn.go.com/eoe/blackstone_bio.html ESPN biography] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackistone, Kevin}} [[Category:American sportswriters]] [[Category:Medill School of Journalism alumni]] [[Category:The Dallas Morning News people]] [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:University of Maryland, College Park faculty]]'