MU Alum Top Sports Writer

[chefrad]

MU grad Charles Pierce is widely aclaimed as one of the very best sports writers in the US. He is also a political/cultural contributor to National Public Radio (a al Pj. O Rourke, but on the left).

NPR bio:

"Charles Pierce is a writer for The Boston Globe. His book, Sports Guy, is a collection of sports writing with an introduction by Roy Blount, Jr., published by DeCapo Press. He is also a regular on Only A Game from NPR and WBUR. Pierce's writing appears in numerous other publications and has been collected in The Best American Sportswriting. A paperback edition of his most recent book, Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything, will be released this fall."

I have corresponded with Pierce. He is a big D. Wade fan.

[Sweenz]

Between Piere and Steve Rushin... MU produces some great sports writers... hopefully we keep pumping them out... John Casper was one while I was at school and I heard he is doing well.

[bma725]

There's another one at SI, Steve Aschburner.  He's older than Rushin, but was a newspaper guy for quite awhile. 

He actually wrote a column Dwyane Wade today that features this nugget:

Which is why he, his team, the Miami fans, real basketball aficionados and, frankly, yours truly would be a lot happier if he took a little better care of himself out on the court. (Full disclosure: As a Marquette grad, I'd rather see Wade rival Maurice Lucas and Doc Rivers in terms of NBA career longevity, rather than Butch Lee or Bo Ellis.)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/steve_aschburner/11/13/wade.health/index.html

[NYWarrior]

Chris Sheridan from ESPN.com is also a Marquette grad

[Tampa Warrior]

Charlie Pierce is a great writer and a heckuva nice guy.

[ecompt]

I was Charlie's editor at the MU Trib back in 1971. There was one U.S. tennis Open in the early '80s when he, Mary Schmidt and myself were all seated at press row. I bet no other university in this country had three of its graduates together covering at that event.

[Tribby]

Between Piere and Steve Rushin... MU produces some great sports writers... hopefully we keep pumping them out... John Casper was one while I was at school and I heard he is doing well.

Mr. Casper is now sports editor at the Gannett paper in Eau Claire, Tribby says.

[tower912]

Chris Sheridan and Steve Rushin, both class of '88, both worked at WMUR, played basketball with both, Sheridan lived on my floor my freshman year and had possibly the most annoying roommate in the history of the world.     Class of 88 rocks!