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'''Jeff Passan''' <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> is an American baseball columnist with ESPN and author of [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller]] ''The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports''. He is also co-author of ''Death to the BCS: The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series.''<ref name="death">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/deathtobcsdefini00danw_0 |title=Death to the BCS|via=Archive.org |publisher=Gotham |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-59240-570-1 |url-access=registration}}</ref>
'''Jeff Passan''' is an award-winning reporter, currently the top baseball reporter for ''[[Yahoo! Sports]]''. He previously was the national baseball writer for ''[[The Kansas City Star]]''.

== Career ==
After graduating from [[Solon High School]] near [[Cleveland, Ohio]], Passan attended [[Syracuse University]], where he wrote for ''[[The Daily Orange]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grossman |first1=Connor |title=Newsmakers: Jeff Passan discusses release of 'The Arm' |url=https://dailyorange.com/2016/04/newsmakers-jeff-passan-discusses-release-of-the-arm/ |access-date=January 21, 2022 |work=[[The Daily Orange]] |date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> Passan covered [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State basketball]]. He began covering baseball in 2004 at ''[[The Kansas City Star]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGowin |first=Daniel |date=October 6, 2009 |title=Jeff Passan, Sports Media, and the Loss of Power |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/267378-jeff-passan-sports-media-and-the-loss-of-power |access-date=May 2, 2023 |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |language=en}}</ref> before moving to [[Yahoo!]] two years later. After 13 years at Yahoo! (2006–18), he announced that he was joining ESPN's Baseball team in January 2019. In early 2022, Passan signed a four-year, $4&nbsp;million contract with [[ESPN]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conway |first=Tyler |date=April 5, 2022 |title=Report: Adam Schefter, Adrian Wojnarowski's ESPN Contract Details, Salaries Revealed |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10031747-report-adam-schefter-adrian-wojnarowskis-espn-contract-details-salaries-revealed |access-date=October 25, 2022 |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |language=en}}</ref> While working at [[ESPN]], he makes guest appearances on ''[[SportsCenter]]'', ''[[Get Up (TV program)|Get Up]]'', ''The Rich Eisen Show'', ''[[The Pat McAfee Show]]'' and other ESPN studio shows.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeff Passan |url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/jeff-passan/ |access-date=October 25, 2022 |website=ESPN Press Room U.S. |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2018, while working for [[Yahoo!]], Passan refused to cast his ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame due to a letter that [[Joe Morgan]] wrote to the voters asking that steroid users be excluded.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Passan |first=Jeff |date=November 23, 2017 |title=I am giving up my Hall of Fame vote because of Joe Morgan's letter |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/giving-hall-fame-vote-joe-morgans-letter-144738128.html |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=Yahoo! Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> He has voiced negative opinions of the Baseball Hall of Fame due to its exclusion of players like [[Barry Bonds]] and [[Roger Clemens]] that were involved in [[Doping in baseball|performance-enhancing drug scandals]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Passan |first=Jeff |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Barry Bonds was shut out of Cooperstown -- and that's a Hall of Fame failure |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33138884/if-barry-bonds-hall-famer-end-day-failure-hall-fame |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
Passan has been a member of the [[Baseball Writers' Association of America]] since 2004, while he was at ''[[The Kansas City Star]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeff Passan – BBWAA |url=https://bbwaa.com/members/jeff-passan/ |access-date=October 25, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> The National Sports Media Association named Passan as the 2021 National Sportswriter of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Awards {{!}} National Sports Media Association |url=https://nationalsportsmedia.org/awards/national-awards |access-date=October 25, 2022 |website=National Sports Media Association |language=en}}</ref> He won the award again in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kotuby |first=Jeff |date=January 9, 2024 |title=Joe Buck, Andrea Kremer Headline National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame Class |url=https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2024/01/09/joe-buck-andrea-kremer-headline-national-sports-media-association-hall-of-fame-class/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=Barrett Sports Media |language=en-US}}</ref>

Passan received the 2022 Dan Jenkins medal for Excellence in Sportswriting for his [[ESPN]] article, "San Francisco Giants Outfielder Drew Robinson's Remarkable Second Act."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas Moody Media |url=https://texasmoodymedia.org/events/dan-jenkins-medal-for-excellence-in-sportswriting-awards-dinner/ |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=Texas Moody Media |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Passan's family is [[American Jews|Jewish]].<ref name="toi">{{Cite web |last=Gurvis |first=Jacob |date=March 1, 2023 |title=ESPN's Jeff Passan on Hebrew school, Sandy Koufax and Jewish baseball history |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/espns-jeff-passan-on-hebrew-school-sandy-koufax-and-jewish-baseball-history/ |access-date=March 1, 2023 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Passan graduated from [[Syracuse University]]'s [[S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications]] in 2002 with a degree in journalism.<ref>{{cite interview |subject= Jeff Passan |interviewer= Scott Gelman |title=Still No Cheering in the Press Box: Jeff Passan |url=https://povichcenter.umd.edu/still-no-cheering-press-box/chapter/Jeff-Passan/index.html |website=Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism |access-date=October 16, 2022 |language=en |date=2017}}</ref>

After a lull in posting in 2023, Passan announced via Twitter that he had been struck by a falling tree limb after a storm, fracturing his back. He retained the use of his limbs and extremities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BREAKING: My back. |url=https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1681001992032862211 |access-date=July 18, 2023 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>


Passan graduated from [[Syracuse University]] with a degree in journalism.
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Latest revision as of 19:33, 11 October 2024

Jeff Passan
Passan at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in 2019
Born
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materSyracuse University
Occupation(s)Sportswriter
Author

Jeff Passan is an American baseball columnist with ESPN and author of New York Times Best Seller The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports. He is also co-author of Death to the BCS: The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series.[1]

Career

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After graduating from Solon High School near Cleveland, Ohio, Passan attended Syracuse University, where he wrote for The Daily Orange.[2] Passan covered Fresno State basketball. He began covering baseball in 2004 at The Kansas City Star,[3] before moving to Yahoo! two years later. After 13 years at Yahoo! (2006–18), he announced that he was joining ESPN's Baseball team in January 2019. In early 2022, Passan signed a four-year, $4 million contract with ESPN.[4] While working at ESPN, he makes guest appearances on SportsCenter, Get Up, The Rich Eisen Show, The Pat McAfee Show and other ESPN studio shows.[5]

In 2018, while working for Yahoo!, Passan refused to cast his ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame due to a letter that Joe Morgan wrote to the voters asking that steroid users be excluded.[6] He has voiced negative opinions of the Baseball Hall of Fame due to its exclusion of players like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens that were involved in performance-enhancing drug scandals.[7]

Awards and recognition

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Passan has been a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America since 2004, while he was at The Kansas City Star.[8] The National Sports Media Association named Passan as the 2021 National Sportswriter of the Year.[9] He won the award again in 2023.[10]

Passan received the 2022 Dan Jenkins medal for Excellence in Sportswriting for his ESPN article, "San Francisco Giants Outfielder Drew Robinson's Remarkable Second Act."[11]

Personal life

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Passan's family is Jewish.[12] Passan graduated from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2002 with a degree in journalism.[13]

After a lull in posting in 2023, Passan announced via Twitter that he had been struck by a falling tree limb after a storm, fracturing his back. He retained the use of his limbs and extremities.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Death to the BCS. Gotham. 2010. ISBN 978-1-59240-570-1 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ Grossman, Connor (April 15, 2016). "Newsmakers: Jeff Passan discusses release of 'The Arm'". The Daily Orange. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ McGowin, Daniel (October 6, 2009). "Jeff Passan, Sports Media, and the Loss of Power". Bleacher Report. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  4. ^ Conway, Tyler (April 5, 2022). "Report: Adam Schefter, Adrian Wojnarowski's ESPN Contract Details, Salaries Revealed". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "Jeff Passan". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  6. ^ Passan, Jeff (November 23, 2017). "I am giving up my Hall of Fame vote because of Joe Morgan's letter". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  7. ^ Passan, Jeff (January 25, 2022). "Barry Bonds was shut out of Cooperstown -- and that's a Hall of Fame failure". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Jeff Passan – BBWAA". Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  9. ^ "National Awards | National Sports Media Association". National Sports Media Association. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  10. ^ Kotuby, Jeff (January 9, 2024). "Joe Buck, Andrea Kremer Headline National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame Class". Barrett Sports Media. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  11. ^ "Texas Moody Media". Texas Moody Media. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  12. ^ Gurvis, Jacob (March 1, 2023). "ESPN's Jeff Passan on Hebrew school, Sandy Koufax and Jewish baseball history". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  13. ^ Jeff Passan (2017). "Still No Cheering in the Press Box: Jeff Passan". Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism (Interview). Interviewed by Scott Gelman. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  14. ^ "BREAKING: My back". Twitter. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
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