Jason Whitlock is a sportswriter for The Kansas City Star and FOX Sports on MSN.
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
- Bloomington Herald Times
- The Charlotte Observer
- Ann Arbor News
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.Hip Hop Linguistics: Hip-Hop and the Character Assassination of Sean Taylor
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Fast Facts
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Full name
Jason Lee Whitlock
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Born
April 27, 1967, in Indianapolis, Indiana
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Alma Mater
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Graduated with a degree in journalism
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Been published in Vibe Magazine, The Sporting News and Playboy Magazine
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Celebrity spokesperson for Big Brothers Big Sisters
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Guest-hosted Jim Rome is Burning and Pardon the Interruption
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Fired from ESPN
