While I should say that my favourite is my Uncle Jim who writes columns and covers the Oilers for the Edmonton Journal. I don't like the Oilers though.
And I certainly respect Red Smith, the man generally considered the best sports writer of all time. He wrote in a different era though.
There are many other great sports writers. From Frank Deford to Mitch Albom to Jason Aldridge to Damien Cox.
Ok, maybe not Damien Cox.
That said, the very best of all in my opinion is Joe Posnanski.
For me, his word on sports is the gospel. Except even more strongly written.
Joe wrote for the Kansas City Star for many years. He won multiple Columnist of the Year awards. He moved on a couple years ago and now maintains a very popular sports blog called
Curiously Long Posts.
Posnanski's blog is syndicated on SI.com and features some of the best writing I have ever seen from a sports writer or writer period.
On a blog. The future is now.
Here is a fantastic article he wrote on the Lebron James saga this past summer.
If you like sports, check out his blog. You won't regret it.
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/07/29/a-boulevard-called-chagrin/
Thanks, Keith. I will check him out.
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