Ivan Maisel
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Ivan Maisel is a senior writer for ESPN
, covering college football
. He has been at ESPN since 2002, but had occasional appearances on the network before then.
An alumnus of Stanford University
, Maisel was a college football columnist for the Dallas Morning News from 1987 to 1994, then moved to Newsday
from 1994 to 1997. He then joined Sports Illustrated
from 1997 to 2002. He has been on the national college football beat for 23 years--the longest unbroken run of any writer in the country.
Ivan Maisel has often joked about his odd background, being a Jewish Alabaman. He hosts a regular podcast (during the football season) with ESPN analyst Beano Cook on ESPN.com and another with Gene Wojciechowski
, both regarding college football happenings of the day.
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, covering college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
. He has been at ESPN since 2002, but had occasional appearances on the network before then.
An alumnus of Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, Maisel was a college football columnist for the Dallas Morning News from 1987 to 1994, then moved to Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
from 1994 to 1997. He then joined Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
from 1997 to 2002. He has been on the national college football beat for 23 years--the longest unbroken run of any writer in the country.
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Ivan Maisel has often joked about his odd background, being a Jewish Alabaman. He hosts a regular podcast (during the football season) with ESPN analyst Beano Cook on ESPN.com and another with Gene Wojciechowski
Gene Wojciechowski
Gene Wojciechowski [woj-che-how-ski] is a sports writer, best known for his work with ESPN.Born in Salina, Kansas, Wojciechowski received a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism from the University of Tennessee and began his career as a sports writer covering college football and...
, both regarding college football happenings of the day.