J. A. Adande

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J. A. Adande
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Los Angeles, California, U.S
Alma materNorthwestern University
EmployerNorthwestern University
TitleDirector of Sports Journalism

J.A. Adande (/əˈdɑːndeɪ/; born 1970)[1] is an American sportswriter, commentator and educator, who currently serves as the Director of Sports Journalism at Northwestern University.

Career

Adande began his career as a sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

Adande joined ESPN.com as an

NBA columnist in August 2007. The panel at Around the Horn all congratulated him on the job and played a joke "Buy or Sell" segment about Adande's comments about joining ESPN. He was an NBA analyst on SportsCenter.[2]

He was a regular panelist on

Annenberg School of Journalism.[4][5]

Adande announced via Twitter in August 2017 that he was relocating to Chicago and becoming director of the new sports journalism program at Northwestern University, as well as a faculty member of the Medill School of Journalism.[6]

During his time at ESPN, Adande covered the

NCAA Final Four, and the NBA Finals.[7]

Adande was honored as the 2024 Curt Gowdy Print Media Award Recipient from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[8]

Personal life

He was born in

Los Angeles, His grandfather, Gerson "Gus" Oberstein (1914-2003), was a violinist who had played with jazzmen Joe Roland and Charlie Parker, and later with the Berkeley Symphony.[9]

Adande earned a BA in journalism from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1992.[10] He was sports editor of The Daily Northwestern, the student newspaper.

References

  1. ^ "J.A. Adande". Rotten Tomatoes.
  2. ^ J.A. Adande, ESPNLosAngeles.com, January 25, 2010
  3. ^ "J.A. Adande leaving ESPN". SI.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2015-07-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "USC School of Journalism - Adjunct Faculty" Archived 2009-11-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-10-28.
  6. ^ J.A. Adande leaves ESPN after a decade for Northwestern Chicago Tribune, 8-10-17
  7. ^ "ESPN.com: EOE". Espn.com. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announces recipients for 2024 Curt Gowdy Media Award". NBA.com. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  9. ^ "OBERSTEIN, Gerson". SFGate. 17 August 2003.
  10. ^ University, Medill-Northwestern. "J.A. Adande - Medill - Northwestern University". www.medill.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-13.

External links

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