1. Steve Rushin was born on September 22,1966 and is an American journalist, sportswriter and novelist.
14 Facts About Steve Rushin
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Steve Rushin was named the 2005 National Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, and is a four-time finalist for the National Magazine Award.
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In 1954 Steve Rushin's father, Don, was a blocking back for Johnny Majors at the University of Tennessee.
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Steve Rushin's older brother, Jim, was a forward on the Providence hockey team that reached the Frozen Four in 1983.
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In Bloomington, Steve Rushin watched baseball and football games at Metropolitan Stadium, where he sold hot dogs and soda to Twins and Vikings fans.
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Steve Rushin is a graduate of John F Kennedy Senior High School in Bloomington, and Marquette University in Milwaukee.
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Steve Rushin ended up writing an anthology of sports nicknames.
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Steve Rushin covered events like the World Series, the World Cup and Wimbledon.
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Steve Rushin ate his way around America's ballparks and once rode a dozen rollercoasters in a day.
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Steve Rushin resumed his column - renamed "Rushin Lit" - on an occasional basis in October 2011.
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Steve Rushin is the author of the billiards guide Pool Cool, the travelogue Road Swing: One Fan's Journey Into the Soul of America's Sports, the collection The Caddie Was a Reindeer, the novel The Pint Man.
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Steve Rushin has written numerous essays for The New York Times with memoirist and former Sports Illustrated colleague Franz Lidz.
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Steve Rushin is married to college basketball analyst and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo.
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In May, 2007, Steve Rushin was the Commencement Day speaker at Marquette, where he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters.