Jayson Stark is an American sportswriter who mainly covers baseball

Baseball

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. He attended Syracuse University

Syracuse University

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, where he earned a degree in newspaper journalism.

Biography

He now is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He makes weekly appearances on Mike and Mike in the Morning

Mike and Mike in the Morning

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 on Tuesday mornings. He also contributes to SportsCenter

SportsCenter

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, ESPNews

ESPNEWS

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, and Baseball Tonight

Baseball Tonight

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. He is currently a resident of a suburb of Philadelphia, and lives with his wife and three children.

Prior to joining ESPN

ESPN

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in 2000, Stark covered the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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 for The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...

, and was twice named Pennsylvania's Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association

National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association

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.

In 2007, Stark wrote his first book called The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History.
His second book, Worth The Wait: Tales of the 2008 Phillies, tells the tale of the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies from the perspective of a Philadelphian.