Steve rushin biography
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Rushin, Steve –
PERSONAL: Born September 22, , in Elmhurst, IL; son of Donald E. and Jane Clare (Boyle) Rushin; married; wife's name Rebecca Lobo. Education: Marquette University, B.A., Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Basketball, reading, travel.
ADDRESSES: Home—New York, NY. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Grove/Atlantic, Inc., Broadway, 4th Fl., New York, NY
CAREER: Writer and journalist. Sports Illustrated, New York, NY, staff writer, –91, senior writer, –.
AWARDS, HONORS: Publishers Weekly named Road Swing one of the best books of ; National Magazine Award, four-time nominee.
WRITINGS:
(With Chuck Wielgus and Alexander Wolff) From A-Train to Yogi: The Fan's Book of Sports Nicknames, Perennial Library (New York, NY),
Pool Cool, Pocket Books (New York, NY),
Road Swing, Doubleday (New York, NY),
The Caddie Was a Reindeer and Other Tales of Extreme Recreation, Atlantic Monthly Books (New York, NY),
Contributor to anthologies
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Steve Rushin has been called “the ultimate tinkerer with language” by the New York Times. As a writer for Sports Illustrated, he has filed stories for the magazine from all seven continents, including Antarctica. He is a four-time finalist for the National Magazine Award and his work has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing, The Best American Travel Writing and The Best American Magazine Writing collections. In he was named the National Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Rushin’s first book, Road Swing, was named one of the “Best Books of the Year” by Publishers Weekly and one of the “Top Sports Books of All Time” by Sports Illustrated. A collection of his sports and travel writing, The Caddie Was a Reindeer, was a semifinalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. His first novel, The Pint Man, was published in and was called “wipe-your-eyes funny” by the Los Angeles Times. His baseball book, The Ton Bat, “will
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Steve Rushin
American sportswriter
Steve Rushin | |
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Steve Rushin, author | |
| Born | () September 22, (age&#;58) Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, novelist |
| Alma&#;mater | Marquette University |
| Notable works | Road Swing () The Caddie Was A Reindeer () |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Siobhan, Maeve, Thomas and Rose |
Steve Rushin (born September 22, ) is an American reporter, sportswriter and novelist. He was named the National Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association,[1] and is a four-time finalist for the National Magazine Award.[2]
Early life
[edit]Rushin grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota, the third in a family of fem kids.[3] In Steve's father, Don, was a blockering back for Johnny Majors at the University of Tennessee. Steve's older brother, Jim, was a forward on the Providence hockey team that rea