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22 Facts About Jason Whitlock

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Jason Whitlock was a radio personality for WHB and KCSP sports stations in the Kansas City area.

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Jason Whitlock played Division I college football at Ball State as an offensive lineman.

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In 1994, Jason Whitlock was hired by The Kansas City Star.

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In 1998, Jason Whitlock was suspended for heckling fans at a Kansas City Chiefs game.

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Jason Whitlock was the first sportswriter to win the award and $10,000 prize.

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Jason Whitlock had guest-hosted several ESPN TV shows, including Jim Rome Is Burning, and Pardon the Interruption.

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Jason Whitlock was a regular fill-in host on The Jim Rome Show on Premiere Radio Networks.

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In 2006, Jason Whitlock announced the departure of his online column from ESPN.

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However, after the announcement, Jason Whitlock was interviewed by sports blog The Big Lead, and disparaged two of his ESPN colleagues.

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Jason Whitlock soon announced to The Kansas City Star readers in September 2006 that he was fired altogether from ESPN as a result of his remarks; he wrote that the company doesn't tolerate criticism and acted as they saw fit.

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Jason Whitlock originally expected to be an integral part of the launching of the Fox Sports 1 sports television channel in August 2013, but then came to feel that television work would come at the expense of his writing.

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Therefore, upon meeting with ESPN President John Skipper, Jason Whitlock decided to leave Fox Sports and accept Skipper's offer to return to ESPN.

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In 2016, Jason Whitlock began a new show airing on Fox Sports 1, Speak for Yourself with Cowherd and Jason Whitlock.

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In June 2020, Jason Whitlock officially partnered alongside Clay Travis at OutKick.

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In October 2022, Jason Whitlock defended Kanye West after West made a series of antisemitic comments.

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Jason Whitlock praised Jones in the interview, during which Jones espoused antisemitic conspiracy theories.

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Jason Whitlock has been published in Vibe, Playboy, and The Sporting News.

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Jason Whitlock has referred to it as "Marxist" and a "dangerous" organization.

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In 2023, Jason Whitlock released a two-hour video questioning whether Michelle Obama was transgender.

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In December 2023, Jason Whitlock expressed a dislike of the Nineteenth Amendment and said that granting suffrage to women destroyed the principle of "one vote per household", which he associates with a time when American culture more strongly valued the family unit.

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Jason Whitlock has attended and spoken at the conservative summit Turning Point USA.

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At Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, Jason Whitlock played offensive line and was team captain of their nationally-ranked and state champion football team.