Tim Kurkjian
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Born | Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. | December 10, 1956
Education | |
Occupation(s) | Sports columnist Author Television personality |
Spouse | Kathy Kurkjian |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Stephen Kurkjian (cousin) |
Awards | BBWAA Career Excellence Award (2022) |
Tim Kurkjian (
On December 7, 2021, Kurkjian was named the recipient of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award for 2022, presented annually by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and officially awarded during induction ceremonies for the Baseball Hall of Fame.[2]
Family and early life
Kurkjian was born in
Kurkjian attended
Journalism career
In 1974, Kurkjian enrolled at the
He authored his first book, America's Game, in 2000 and released his second book, Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head—My 25 Years in Baseball in May 2007. In 2016, he published his book I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love. He was the 1999, 2007, and 2023 Commencement speaker at his alma mater, Walter Johnson High School, the 2008 speaker at Seneca Valley High School, and also delivered the winter commencement speech at the University of Maryland on December 19, 2007.
In 2012, while Kurkjian and fellow ESPN analyst
Kurkjian is a regular correspondent on
On September 29, 2020, Kurkjian helped commentate the American League Wild Card Series postseason game between the Houston Astros[14] and Minnesota Twins[15] alongside play-by-play announcer Karl Ravech and analyst Eduardo Pérez. Airing on ABC, the game marked the first time that the network broadcast a Major League Baseball game since Game 5 of the 1995 World Series.[16]
Personal life
On November 26, 1983, Kurkjian married Kathleen Patrick.[citation needed] Kathy is a lawyer.[1] The couple has one daughter, Kelly, a creative director at a marketing agency, and one son, Jeff, who co-hosts The Andie Summers Show on WXTU radio in Philadelphia. Both Kelly and Jeff graduated from Syracuse University.[7] His cousins are Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephen Kurkjian and Bob Kurkjian, an engineering teacher at the Learning Prep School in West Newton, MA.[17]
On every day of the Major League Baseball season, from 1990 through 2009, Kurkjian cut every MLB box score out of a newspaper and taped them into a spiral notebook. Kurkjian estimates that this daily task, at 15 minutes per day over 20 seasons, consumed 40 days of his life. He stopped doing this due to the lack of newspapers printing box scores.[18]
References
- ^ a b c d e Akopyan, Manouk (May 2011). "In a League of His Own" (PDF). Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ Rogers, Jesse (December 7, 2021). "ESPN's Tim Kurkjian is 2022 winner of BBWAA Career Excellence Award". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- Washington Post. October 18, 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ a b Kurkjian, Tim (October 25, 2019). "Senators, Nationals and the Big Train: Why this World Series is special". ESPN. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ Steiner, Brandon. "8 Questions with Tim Kurkjian". Steiner Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ a b c Martin, Maria (April 4, 2012). "ESPN's Tim Kurkjian Strikes Balance Between Baseball and Home". North Potomac-Darnestown Patch. Patch Network. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Reed, Jimmy. "About Tim Kurkjian". The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ISBN 0-618-21399-6. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
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- ^ Wolfley, Bob (June 20, 2014). "Tim Kurkjian will report on Brewers vs. Nationals Monday on ESPN, plus enter Sausage Race". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ "Baseball Tonight: Tim Dillard imitates Tim Kurkjian – YouTube". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ "ESPN MLB Analyst Tim Kurkjian Imitated". ESPN. March 1, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2015 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Who Has The Best Tim Kurkjian Impression?". MLB.com. March 6, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ "Timmy's Laugh". ESPN.com. April 22, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ Kalibat, Natalie (September 28, 2020). "Game 1 of Astros-Twins to lead off MLB playoff coverage on ABC". WRIC.
- ^ Brown, Maury (September 28, 2020). "MLB Postseason Games Returning To ABC For First Time In 25 Years". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020.
- ^ Fisher, Eric (September 28, 2020). "MLB to be seen on ABC for first time since 1995". SportsBusiness.
- Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ Kurkjian, Tim (August 15, 2010). "Sad end to a man's quest for knowledge". ESPN. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
External links
- Tim Kurkjian BBWAA Career Excellence Award biography at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Tim Kurkjian's ESPN Bio