Kevin Blackistone Biography
Kevin Blackistone is an award-winning American sports journalist, national sports columnist, and professor for Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Moreover, he is a frequent panelist for “Around the Horn” on ESPN and for Comcast’s “Redskins Postgame Live”. He appears on radio as a frequent guest co-host on the Sports Reporters on Dc’s ESPN980 and he has 301 wins on Around the Horn as of May 6, 2021. Additionally, he joined The Washington Post as a sports columnist where he writes sports commentary since 2020 and is also a contributor at NPR.
Previously, Kevin served at SportsCenter to cover the sports business and write columns until September 2006 when he was one of 111 journalists to accept a buyout offer from the news. He recently served as a contributing writer to the website Politico.com and also served as a columnist for the sports-oriented website HanHouse from October 2007 to March 2011.
Moreover, Blackistone is currently an independent columnist and contributes to the iPad-only newspaper The Daily and he also contributes to PBS NewsHour as a sports analyst. Blackistone began his journalism career as a cityside reporter at The Boston Globe newspaper in 1981 and he also wrote for The Chicago Reporter until 1990.
Kevin Blackistone Age, Birthday, Nationality, and Ethnicity
Kevin Blackistone (age 64 years) was born on October 17, 1959, in Washington, D.C., in the United States of America. From an African-American heritage, Kevin also holds American nationality by birth. Nevertheless, he celebrates his birthday every October 17th of the year. READ ALSO: Norman Chad
Kevin Blackistone Education Background/ University of Maryland
Blackstone attended Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. Later graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1981, where he studied journalism and history in a joint master’s degree program. He accepted the position of Shirley Povich chair of the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, where he teaches sports journalism.
Kevin Blackistone Height, Weight, and Other Measurements:- How tall is Kevin Blackistone?
Blackstone stands at an average height of 5 feet, 9 inches (approximately 1.76 m). Moreover, he maintains an average body weight of around 68 kg.
Kevin Blackistone’s Family/ Parents and Siblings
Born Bruce Kevin Blackistone in Washington, D.C., and raised in Hyattsville, Maryland, in the United States of America by his caring and loving parents. He is the son of James Blackistone, who was an activist dealing with the media through a newspaper.
Further was even interviewed by a journalist. Unfortunately, he has not provided any information about his mother and his siblings.
Kevin Blackistone Wife/ Spouse and Children
Kevin is a married man. He is the father of a daughter who was born in 2011. Though Blackistone is a very secretive person and has not revealed any information about his wife or his children.
Kevin Blackistone Washington Post
Blackistone joined The Washington Post as a sports columnist, where he has been writing sports commentary since 2020.
Kevin Blackistone ESPN
Blackistone is a sports journalist and national sports columnist. In addition to that, a professor at Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Moreover, he is a frequent panelist for “Around the Horn” on ESPN and for Comcast’s “Redskins Postgame Live”.
He appears on radio as a frequent guest co-host on the Sports Reporters on DC’s ESPN980. Moreover, he has 301 wins on Around the Horn as of May 6, 2021.
Kevin Blackistone Salary
Blackistone is a sports journalist and national sports columnist. Additionally a professor at Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Also a frequent panelist for ESPN and a contributor at NPR. Kevin earns a decent annual estimated salary of around $90,000 per year.
Kevin Blackistone Net Worth
Blackistone is an award-winning American sports journalist and national sports columnist. Moreover, Kevin is additionally a professor at Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Moreover, he is a frequent panelist for ESPN’s “Around the Horn”. Kevin has managed to accumulate an estimated net worth of about $2 million dollars.
Kevin Blackistone Michael Jordan
He was not impressed with former NBA basketball star, Michael’s generous donations during his $2 million donations to the NAACP.
Kevin Blackistone Barstool/Barstool Sports
During an interview at Barstool Sports, Kevin said that the players shouldn’t sing the national anthem before games because it’s a war anthem.