Worked for the for The LA Times since 1987. Has also been a
sportswriter with the San Diego County edition from 1987 to 1996. A
Louisville, Kentucky native, he received a bachelor's degree in mass
communications in 1980 from Southern Illinois University in
Edwardsville, Illinois. Afterwards worked as a sportswriter for the
Fort Lauderdale News-Sun Sentinel and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
before The Los Angeles Times.
Belongs to the Baseball Writers Association of America and the
Professional Football Writers Association.