- Wright Thompson
Wright Thompson (born
September 9 ,1976 ) is a senior writer forESPN.com andESPN The Magazine . [http://sports.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=wright_thompson&rT=sports] He formerly worked at "The Kansas City Star " and "Times-Picayune " inNew Orleans .Professional Life
Thompson started his sportswriting career while a student at the University of Missouri, covering Missouri sports and writing as a columnist for the School of Journalism's "Columbia Missourian". He loved digging into Spaghetti Red at the late, great
Nichols Lunch .Between his junior and senior years, he interned at the "Times-Picayune" in New Orleans and later was the LSU beat writer there. [http://apse.dallasnews.com/apr2001/20arnold.html] He later moved to the "Kansas City Star", where he covered a wide variety of sports events including Super Bowls, Final Fours, The Masters and The Kentucky Derby. [http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:FgvjJM3Uf2IJ:mississippi.scout.com/2/689605.html+wright+thompson+university+of+missouri&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=firefox-a]
He assumed full-time writing duties at ESPN.com in 2006. [http://bottomlinecom.com/wright_thompson.htm]
Personal life
Thompson is a native of
Clarksdale, Mississippi . He is the son of the late Walter Wright Thompson, aClarksdale attorney who played a pivotal role in Clarksdale's emergence as a tourist destination based on the blues, and who served as Mississippi Finance Chair for SenatorJohn Glenn , GovernorMichael Dukakis , and PresidentBill Clinton .Articles
Thompson's topics have covered a wide range of sports issues, from football,
basketball , andbaseball , tocar racing , sports history,Father's Day , andbullfighting .ESPN
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=wright_thompson&rT=sports ESPN's list of "Wright Thompson articles"]SAMPLING OF ARTICLES
Race Cars
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=earnhardtjunior "The son also rises"]Football
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=southernfootball&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab5pos1 "Pulled pork and pigksin: a love letter to Southern football"]
* [http://proxy.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs06/columns/story?columnist=thompson_wright&id=2746409 "An obsession realized: Manning and the Super Bowl"]
* [http://proxy.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=thompson_wright&id=2601673 "Patterson rumbles to glory as Eagles romp"]Basketball
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blackhistory2007/columns/story?columnist=thompson_wright&id=2748078 "King's dream comes alive for Blazers"]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=nazareth "Hoops of Nazareth"]Baseball
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=mcgwire "Fading Away"]
* [http://proxy.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?id=2525583 "Bonds story to be continued"]
* [http://apse.dallasnews.com/contest/2003/writing/over250/over250.project.first4.html "The long road from Las Martinas"]Sports History / Issues
* [http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=thompson_wright&id=2608378 "O'Neil was the real 'voice' of America"]
* [http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=thompson_wright&id=2597995 "Thompson: Contempt for the system"]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=wilson "Outrageous Injustice"]Fathers Day
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=fathersday "Holy Ground"]Bullfighting
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?id=2455326 "Glory vs. Death: At the bullfights in Tijuana"]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=matador "Haunted by the horns"]
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