Gene Wojciechowski joined ESPN in 1992 as a college football reporter. He is a regular contributor to the "Halftime Blitz" on ESPN’s Thursday Night Game of the Week, and makes frequent contributions to ESPN’s SportsCenter, College GameDay, The Weekend Kickoff Show and ESPNEWS. In addition, he’s a frequent guest on ESPN Radio and ESPN’s Up Close.
In November of 1997, Wojciechowski made the move to ESPN, Inc. full-time in accepting a senior writer position with ESPN Magazine, where he covers college football and men’s college basketball.
Wojciechowski came to ESPN from the Chicago Tribune, where he had been the national college football and college basketball columnist since November 1995. He also covered the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He came to Chicago from the Los Angeles Times, where he focused on the same sports since 1985. He’s also written a weekly column for The Sporting News, and has done freelance work for the Los Angeles Times Magazine and Sports Illustrated.
Wojciechowski began his career at the Fort Lauderdale News/Sun-Sentinel in 1980. After a three year stint, he joined the Denver Post in 1983, and a year later, moved to the Dallas Morning News.
He’s also authored four books, Pond Scum and Vultures: America’s Sportswriters Talk About Their Glamorous Professions; You’ve Got to Have Balls to Make It in This League (with Pam Postema); Nothing But Net (with Bill Walton ); I Love Being the Enemy (with Reggie Miller); and was contributing author to The Heisman: Sixty Years of Tradition and Excellence.
Wojciechowski has received four Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) National Writing Awards. He’s also been honored on numerous occasions by the Pro Football Writers of America, the U.S. Basketball Writers of America and the Los Angeles Press Club.
A 1979 graduate of the University of Tennessee (where he was a football walk-on), he resides in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife, Cheryl, and two daughters.
Wojciechowski is no relation to former star Duke point guard Steve Wojciechowski, although he’s quick to point out that he’s the taller of the two.
tequilatom wrote:To add.....that was not a pass interference on Samuals........if anything the reciever pushed off........a terrible call.
IMHO, they were both pushing off of each other a bit.. the flag was thrown right at the time when Samuals took his eyes off the ball.
But Samuels beat the reciever to the spot......and at that moment had every right to the ball... thats when the reciever pushed off and initiated contact........at best it should of been a no call.and also i don't think the ball was catchable
3 years later--justice. That is the SAME call that was made on Jamar Fletcher 3 years ago in New England that helped New England come back and beat the Dolphins out for the division. I'm just sorry that it didn't occur with 2 minutes left in the 4th. I'm sure you can tell I'm still bitter about that call
Gene Wojciechowski joined ESPN in 1992 as a college football reporter. He is a regular contributor to the "Halftime Blitz" on ESPN’s Thursday Night Game of the Week, and makes frequent contributions to ESPN’s SportsCenter, College GameDay, The Weekend Kickoff Show and ESPNEWS. In addition, he’s a frequent guest on ESPN Radio and ESPN’s Up Close.
In November of 1997, Wojciechowski made the move to ESPN, Inc. full-time in accepting a senior writer position with ESPN Magazine, where he covers college football and men’s college basketball.
Wojciechowski came to ESPN from the Chicago Tribune, where he had been the national college football and college basketball columnist since November 1995. He also covered the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He came to Chicago from the Los Angeles Times, where he focused on the same sports since 1985. He’s also written a weekly column for The Sporting News, and has done freelance work for the Los Angeles Times Magazine and Sports Illustrated.
Wojciechowski began his career at the Fort Lauderdale News/Sun-Sentinel in 1980. After a three year stint, he joined the Denver Post in 1983, and a year later, moved to the Dallas Morning News.
He’s also authored four books, Pond Scum and Vultures: America’s Sportswriters Talk About Their Glamorous Professions; You’ve Got to Have Balls to Make It in This League (with Pam Postema); Nothing But Net (with Bill Walton ); I Love Being the Enemy (with Reggie Miller); and was contributing author to The Heisman: Sixty Years of Tradition and Excellence.
Wojciechowski has received four Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) National Writing Awards. He’s also been honored on numerous occasions by the Pro Football Writers of America, the U.S. Basketball Writers of America and the Los Angeles Press Club.
A 1979 graduate of the University of Tennessee (where he was a football walk-on), he resides in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife, Cheryl, and two daughters.
Wojciechowski is no relation to former star Duke point guard Steve Wojciechowski, although he’s quick to point out that he’s the taller of the two.
He is not from Boston that I know. I have seen him on TV (Around the Horn) many times and I think when he does that show he does it from Denver or Chicago. Either way he is not a Boston sports writer.
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BottleofRum wrote:
He is not from Boston that I know. I have seen him on TV (Around the Horn) many times and I think when he does that show he does it from Denver or Chicago. Either way he is not a Boston sports writer.
He's not in Denver, either. I got that info from ESPN. I think he must be in Chicago, cause he wrote this, too.
