Buster Olney
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Years active | 1989–present |
Robert Stanbury "Buster" Olney III (born 1963 or 1964)
Early life and education
Olney was born in
Journalism career
After graduation, Olney began covering baseball in 1989, as the
During one of his first assignments in Nashville, the Sounds hosted the Columbus Clippers who, at the time, were the AAA affiliate of the New York Yankees. Olney almost had a minor confrontation with a Yankee prospect at the time known more for his football play, Deion Sanders. Olney had attempted to do a piece on Sanders, but was blown off. In return, Olney wrote what he called later in his career an unflattering piece on Sanders. Sanders replied to Olney by writing on a baseball "Keep writing like that your whole life and you'll always be a loser."[6]
The Last Night of the Yankees Dynasty
In
How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer
In 2010, Olney wrote How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer, an account of how a car crash and cancer diagnosis affected the life of the highly accomplished college basketball coach. In 2013, Olney delivered the May commencement speech at Northern State University, where Meyer coached until 2010, and was still a member of the faculty until his death on May 18, 2014.[citation needed] [8]
Personal life
Olney resides in Yorktown Heights, New York.[3]
References
- ^ "Buster Olney Biography". TV Guide. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
Birth Name: Robert Stanbury Olney III.
- ^ "Senior Writer, Sunday Night Baseball Reporter". ESPN. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ a b c Abrami, Alex (August 1, 2010). "Buster Olney's childhood traces back to Vermont". Burlington Free Press. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
Olney...was born in Washington, D.C., but as the 46-year-old occasionally points out in his daily column—he grew up on a dairy farm in Randolph Center.
- ^ "Hot Stove Was a Hit: ESPN's Buster Olney '82 Talks Baseball in the Middle of Winter".
- ^ "A Chat with Buster Olney". July 13, 2022.
- ^ "Buster Olney Blog". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ "ESPN'S Buster Olney Plays Not My Job". NPR. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ^ "ESPN's Buster Olney to Speak at Northern State Graduation". Information 1000 KSOO - The Talk of Sioux Falls. Retrieved March 15, 2018.