We're pleased to present the Best Sportswriting nominees for the 2025 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. Get article links and all the details at

Craggs has worked as editor and writer for many outlets, most recently with HBO’s Game Theory With Bomani Jones. Prior to that: Mother Jones, Gawker Media and Deadspin. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post and New Republic. More:

How does sportswriting change as fans become more interested in wagers & prop bets than traditional win & losses? Tommy Craggs profiles Chad Millman, chief content officer of The Action Network, previously editor-in-chief at ESPN The Magazine. READ IT:

Burnsed has been a Contributing Writer for @SInow since 2017. Other credits include BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report, the NCAA's magazine and Turner Sports. His work was included in The Year's Best Sports Writing in 2015, 2016, 2023 and 2024. More:

RT @DmoWriter: Brian’s essay was so so good. Very worth your time.

Brian Burnsed (@brianburnsed) profiles golfer Sam Bennett, who became a star at the 2023 Masters while trying to overcome his father's death. The subsequent year proved not to have been as smooth as his made-for-TV Augusta narrative wanted. READ IT:

Bryant has been a Senior Writer for ESPN since 2007 and has served as the sports correspondent for NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday since 2006. His most recent book is Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original (Mariner Books, 2022). More info at

Howard Bryant chronicles the "simmering fractures within the Fort Myers (FL) baseball community" which resulted in the collapse of a high school baseball team amid racial invective and two federal discrimination lawsuits. READ IT:

Bamberger has written for since 2017. He wrote for Sports Illustrated for some 22 years before that. His work has appeared in three editions of Best American Sportswriting. His latest book is The Playing Lesson: A Duffer's Year Among the Pros.

RT @Assad5Rick: Great writing stands out, and this story by Mike Bamberger surely does.

Michael Bamberger offers a heart-wrenching profile of Filip Krüeger, a good athlete, amiable chap and otherwise regular dude, out for a round of golf with this friends when fate intervened. Published in @GOLF_com: .

The 2025 Jenkins Medal Sports Legend is @BillieJeanKing, sports icon and equality champion. Join us on 9/26 to celebrate her and the (forthcoming) winners of the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. Seats, tables and sponsorships: available:

Join us, won't you? No better occasion to celebrate the sportswriter's craft as exemplified by His Ownself, @danjenkinsgd. The Jenkins Medal Awards Dinner will be on Sept. 26 in NYC. Event information here:

RT @BurntO_Butterwo: We cannot wait for this opportunity and celebration in September!.

The 2025 Jenkins Medal Sports Legend is @BillieJeanKing, sports icon and equality champion. Join us on 9/26 to celebrate her and the (forthcoming) winners of the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. Seats, tables and sponsorships available:

Thrilled to hold this event with our friends at the Penn Club on 44th St., next door to @UTNYProgram. Jenkins Medal Sports Legend announcement to come next week.

RT @BurntO_Butterwo: We are very excited to bring the Jenkins Medal ceremony to the Big Apple. More exciting news to come!.

Make plans to meet us in Manhattan for the 2025 Jenkins Medal awards dinner. Ticket, table and sponsorship information coming soon.

Access all nine years' worth of Best Sportswriting nominations for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting at this handy-dandy webpage: Great summer reading!!!.

ICYMI Bamburger, Craggs, Hockensmith, Killingbeck, May, Wagner and Wilson are first time nominees. Bryant, Burnsed, Moore and M. Thompson II have been previously nominated. Wright Thompson won the inaugural Jenkins Medal/Best Sportswriting award in 2017.