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Gene Wojciechowski () 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. ==Career and Life== 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,() prompting the Tribune to offer a formal apology.() 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. He has also co-authored autobiographies with several sports personalities. These works include ''The Bus: My Life In and Out of a Helmet'' (Doubleday 2007) with Jerome Bettis; ''I Love Being the Enemy: A Season on the Court with the NBA’s Best Shooter and Sharpest Tongue'' (Simon & Schuster 1995) with Reggie Miller; ''Nothing but Net: Just Give Me the Ball and Get Out of the Way'' (Hyperion Books 1995) with Bill Walton; and ''My Life on a Napkin: Pillow Mints, Playground Dreams and Coaching the Runnin’ Utes'' (Hyperion 1999) with Rick Majerus. ''The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball'' by Wojciechowski was released by Blue Rider Press in 2012. He is also the author/co-author of nine books. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gene Wojciechowski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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