- Ty Hildenbrandt
Ty Hildenbrandt is the winner of the first ever
McDonald's Next Great Sportswriter competition on [http://www.foxsports.com FOXSports.com] , theMSN -affiliated website forFox Sports (USA) . The contest, which gave amateur writers the chance to win a contract as a contributing columnist for [http://www.foxsports.com FOXSports.com] through the site'sblog ging community, concluded onFebruary 8 ,2006 . The general readership of FOXSports.com voted and picked Hildenbrandt, a 2004 graduate ofPenn State University , over Jon Gunnells fromMichigan State University in the final round.Hildenbrandt has written about a variety of topics, including the
NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament , theNFL Draft , World Cupsoccer ,Major League Baseball ,fantasy football ,mascot s,Joe Paterno and notable fans from professional sports franchises. Currently, he writes forSI.com aboutcollege sports andpop culture .Hildenbrandt also hosts [http://www.yankeefanclubradio.com Yankee Fan Club Radio] , the largest independently-run New York Yankees live show podcast on the internet, which is syndicated through [http://www.tpsradio.net The People's Sports Radio Network] and sponsored by the [http://www.lvyankeefanclub.com Lehigh Valley Yankee Fan Club] . He has run the program with his uncle, "Uncle Joe Colarusso," since April 2005. The show airs through YankeeFanClubRadio.com and has featured a number of big name guests and reporters.
Ty worked on the Two Minute Warning blog with Stacey Monponsett and was a frequent contributor to
AOL 's Sports Bloggers Live radio program withJamie Mottram .References
* [http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/ngsjudges/2006/02/08/And_the_winner_is McDonald's Next Great Sportswriter Final Results on FOXSports.com Judges' Blog]
External links
* [http://msn.foxsports.com/writer/archive?authorId=290 Ty Hildenbrandt articles at msn.foxsports.com]
* [http://www.yankeefanclubradio.com YankeeFanClubRadio.com]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ SI.com]
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