Victor Pete Thamel (born 1977) is an American sports reporter for ESPN. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The New York Times.
Pete Thamel | |
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| Born | November 16, 1977 Ware, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Syracuse University |
| Occupation | Sports reporter |
Early life
editThamel was born in Ware, Massachusetts to Peter V. Thamel.[1] He was the sports editor at the high school paper.[2]
Thamel graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1999, where he majored in magazine.[3] He began his sportswriting career during college at Syracuse, he served as sports editor of The Daily Orange for three years.[2][4][5] During his time at Syracuse, Donovan McNabb was the Orange's quarterback, and Jim Boeheim's men's basketball team reached the national championship game in 1996.[1]
Career
editAfter graduation, Thamel began covering college basketball for The Post-Standard in Syracuse, New York.[2][6]
Thamel joined The New York Times in 2003 and spent nine years there as the national college sports reporter. In 2006, The New York Times nominated him for a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. He left the Times in 2012 for Sports Illustrated as a senior writer, covering college football and basketball.[7][8] Thamel joined Yahoo Sports in 2017 and covered college sports and the NFL.[9][10]
He was hired by ESPN in 2022.[1][11]
Thamel is a member of the Football Writers Association of America and has won numerous FWAA writing awards.[11] He has also won several Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) awards,[12] including first place for beat reporting in 2017 and breaking news in 2011. He considers Peter King at Sports Illustrated and Joe Drape from The New York Times his biggest mentors.[2]
Personal life
editThamel lives in South Boston.[1] He got married in March 2021.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Finn, Chad (January 15, 2022). "ESPN couldn't beat reporter Pete Thamel, so it hired him". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "The Friday Five: Pete Thamel". The 33rd Team. October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ "Newhouse School: When Games Turn Grim". S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ Kloss, Kevin (August 12, 2020). "Talkback: Ep 19: Halted". WAER (Podcast). Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Austin, Kyle (April 15, 2020). "Daily Orange alumni recall their favorite Syracuse sports memories". The Daily Orange. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Waters, Mike (June 8, 2021). "'Jim Boeheim has made Syracuse what it is more than Mike Krzyzewski made Duke:' Yahoo's Pete Thamel on the podcast". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ McIntyre, Jason (July 31, 2012). "Pete Thamel is Leaving the New York Times for Sports Illustrated". The Big Lead. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ O'Shea, Chris (July 31, 2012). "Pete Thamel Leaves New York Times for Sports Illustrated". AdWeek. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ Nanavaty, Aaron (July 18, 2017). "Pete Thamel Is Leaving Sports Illustrated For Yahoo Sports". The Spun. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Horgan, Richard (July 18, 2017). "SI's Pete Thamel Moves Over to Yahoo Sports". AdWeek. Retrieved October 15, 2022. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Hofheimer, Bill (January 13, 2022). "Award-Winning College Football Writer Pete Thamel Joins ESPN". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "Yahoo!Sports' Pete Thamel wins over-175,000 beat writing first place". APSE: Associated Press Sports Editors. March 30, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Wetzel, Dan; Thamel, Pete (March 2, 2021). "Pete Thamel gets married, Eyes of Texas mess, Mississippi Kangaroo returns". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved October 16, 2022.