Jeff Passan
Encyclopedia
Jeff Passan is the lead baseball columnist at Yahoo! Sports
and co-author of the critically acclaimed Death to the BCS: The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series. Passan graduated from Syracuse University
with a degree in journalism.
After graduating from Solon High School
in Ohio, Passan wrote for the The Daily Orange
at Syracuse University
before covering Fresno State basketball. He began covering baseball in 2004 at The Kansas City Star
before moving to Yahoo! two years later.
Passan's baseball commentary has been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors.
Yahoo! Sports
Yahoo! Sports was launched on December 8, 1997. It receives a majority of its information from STATS, Inc., employs various writers, and has team pages for teams in almost every North American sport...
and co-author of the critically acclaimed Death to the BCS: The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series. Passan graduated from Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
with a degree in journalism.
After graduating from Solon High School
Solon High School
Solon High School, founded in 1898, is a public high school located in Solon, Ohio, a southeastern suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States....
in Ohio, Passan wrote for the The Daily Orange
The Daily Orange
The Daily Orange is an independent student newspaper published in Syracuse, New York. It is free, and published daily during the Syracuse University academic year.It was one of the first college papers to become fully independent from its parent college...
at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
before covering Fresno State basketball. He began covering baseball in 2004 at The Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star is a McClatchy newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes...
before moving to Yahoo! two years later.
Passan's baseball commentary has been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors.