Jason Whitlock

Jason Whitlock News and Information

Kansas City Star: Jason Whitlock
FOX Sports: Jason Whitlock Article Archive
ESPN.com: Jason Whitlock Article Archive
Wikipedia: Jason Whitlock
The Big Lead: A Q&A With Jason Whitlock (2006)
Video: Jason Whitlock About Imus (Time 04:40)
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Jason Whitlock Blogs and Commentaries

Google Blog Search: Jason Whitlock
Death by 1000 Papercuts: Sean Taylor: Victim of the Black KKK (2007)
Bleeding Green Nation: Calling out Jason Whitlock on his hypocrisy (2007)
Huffington Post: An Open Letter To Jason Whitlock (2007)

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Guide Note

Jason Whitlock is a sportswriter for The Kansas City Star and FOX Sports on MSN.

Fast Facts

Full name: Jason Lee Whitlock
Born: April 27, 1967, in Indianapolis, Indiana
Alma Mater: Ball State University
Graduated with a degree in journalism
Been published in Vibe Magazine, The Sporting News and Playboy Magazine
Celebrity spokesperson for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Guest-hosted Jim Rome is Burning and Pardon the Interruption
Fired from ESPN

Key Dates

April 27, 1967: Born
1990: Graduated from Ball State University
September, 2006: Fired from ESPN
September 29, 2006: Published first AOL Sports column
April 11, 2007: Wrote an article on the Don Imus controversy
August 16, 2007: Published first FOX Sports article
March 7, 2008: Awarded National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation
June, 2008: Published an article in Playboy Magazine

Newspapers Worked For

Sean Taylor Article

Whitlock wrote an article at the end of 2007 on Sean Taylor's death, entitled, "Taylor’s Death a Grim Reminder to Us All." It received criticism after he claimed hip-hop was the cause of Taylor's death.¹

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