The Newhouse Sports Media Center will host a very special virtual event with Washington Post Sports Reporter Kent Babb on April 25th at 5pm ET.
Kent Babb has covered sports for the Washington Post since 2012 and his journalism often explores the intersections of sports and cultural issues, such as politics, mental health, and race. Babb’s work was included three times in The Best American Sports Writing anthology and was selected in the inaugural edition of The Year’s Best Sports Writing. The winner of numerous national awards, his features have honored three times by The Associated Press Sports Editors as the nation’s best. Babb is the author of two widely acclaimed books: Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City (2021, HarperOne), and Not A Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson (2015, Atria). The latter was a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. Babb is a veteran of The Kansas City Star and The State and is a proud graduate of The University of South Carolina.
Honors and Awards: The Best American Sports Writing: 2013, 2018, 2021. The Year’s Best Sports Writing: 2021.; Associated Press Sports Editors, First place in Feature Writing, 2005, 2010 and 2019; PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, 2016 finalist
Kent was thrust into the national spotlight this past March after LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey threatened legal action in an effort to dissuade his profile on her from publishing.
Instead, Kent’s story was lauded for its balance and fairness, making waves and dominating conversations across sports media for two weeks.
Our event will explore the story behind the story: how Kent pinpoints sports icons at pivotal career moments to deliver deeply reported, timeless profiles like that of Mulkey, Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, former NFL star and University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders and legendary Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski as he faced his retirement.
Please join us virtually via Zoom at 6pm ET, on April 25th:
https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/j/91484358688
For questions and accommodations, please contact Mylinda Smith, msmith@syr.edu in the Newhouse Sports Media Center.