Gene Wojciechowski

Gene Wojciechowski
Wojciechowski in 2010.
Education	University of Tennessee
Occupation	Sports journalist Author

Gene Wojciechowski (/wɒtʃəˈhaʊski/woj-che-how-ski) is a sports writer, best known for his work with ESPN.

Born in Salina, Kansas, Wojciechowski received a bachelor's degree in communications and journalism from the University of Tennessee and began his career as a sports writer covering college football and college basketball. His work has included stints with the Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, The Denver Post, and the Los Angeles Times; he became a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine in January 1998, having worked as a football reporter for the network since 1992. He was named a senior national sports columnist for ESPN in June 2005.

Prior to joining ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, Wojciechowski was the national college football and college basketball columnist for the Chicago Tribune (1996 – 1997). Wojciechowski wrote an article in the fall of 1997 for the Chicago Tribune that included negative stereotypes of an Indian or Pakistani cab driver,[1] prompting the Tribune to offer a formal apology.[2] He also reported on the NFL for both the Denver Post (1983 -1984) and the Dallas Morning News (1984 -1986) before switching to back to college football and basketball for the Los Angeles Times (1986 -1996). Wojciechowski authored a novel, About 80 Percent Luck, plus a non-fiction book, Cubs Nation: 162 Games. 162 Stories. 1 Addiction (Broadway Books), following the Cubs for a full season.