BREAKING: The winners of the 2025 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting are Wright Thompson and Roy Blount, Jr. They'll join Jenkins Medal Sports Legend Billie Jean King (@billiejeanking) at our awards dinner on September 26 in New York City.

Join us at the Jenkins Medal awards dinner on September 26 in New York City. We'll be celebrating with Thompson and fellow honorees, Roy Blount Jr. (@royblountjr) and Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing).

Read the story: Caitlin Clark and Iowa Find Peace in the Process, the winner of the 2025 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. By Wright Thompson, ESPN Senior Writer.

Seats and tables for the Jenkins Medal awards dinner will be on sale for two more weeks or whenever supply runs out, whichever comes first. Our event will be at the Penn Club in NYC on September 26. Limited sponsorships available as well: cscm@utexas.edu.

RT @BillieJeanKing: Congratulations to Wright Thompson and Roy Blount, Jr., the winners of the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswr….

.@royblountjr is the author of 24 books, including About Three Bricks Shy . And the Load Filled Up, his 1974 account of hanging out w/the Pittsburgh Steelers. This book has been cited as a classic of American football writing and one of the masterpieces of New Journalism.

The Jenkins Medal jury cited Thompson's @espn article Caitlin Clark and Iowa Make Peace in the Process ( as the best sportswriting of 2024. Thompson won the inaugural 2017 Best Sportswriting medal for his profile on Tiger Woods.

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 our celebration of sportswriting and the 2025 Jenkins Medal/Best Sportswriting finalists at Attend the 2025 Jenkins Medal Awards Dinner at The Penn Club in New York City on September 26. Info and tickets available at

Since February 2020, Wilson has covered college football while based in Austin, writing about the people and culture that make the sport so special and unique. A native of Kilgore, Texas, Wilson attended Texas A&M, Kilgore College and the University of Texas at Arlington.

Even people in Austin, TX enjoyed reading Barry Switzer, 'The King' of Norman, Is Still Unapologetically Himself at 87 by @dwil. Switzer was a favorite of @danjenkinsgd and continues to reign as one of college football's living legends. READ IT:

Wagner is editor-at-large for the bicycling site Escape Collective, architecture critic for The Nation and creator of the satirical blog McMansion Hell. She previously worked for The Baffler, The Atlantic and The New Republic. She lives in Chicago and Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Streaming series and Hollywood blockbusters emphasize the drama, excitement, and glamour of F1. This self-described "cycling journo" goes behind the scenes of the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin to reveal a different, and darker, side of the sport. READ IT:

Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN and an Emmy Award-winning reporter. He won the inaugural Jenkins Medal/Best Sportswriting in 2017. He is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. More info at

Need a 16,000 word backstory on a generational athlete and burgeoning cultural icon? Wright Thompson is your man for the job. Here he is with "Caitlin Clark and Iowa Find Peace in the Process". READ IT:

RT @ThompsonScribe: Honored. Truly.

RT @Wittnessed: The best. He deserves every piece of recognition he gets. I’m very lucky to call him a mentor and a friend.

RT @DoubleR_PR: What a great nominee! Simply one of the best to ever do it, @ThompsonScribe. His writing brings you chills and emotions.

Thompson II is a lead columnist at The Athletic, covering Bay Area pro sports. He is the author of bestsellers Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry, KD: Kevin Durant’s Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest and Dynasties: The 10 G.O.A.T. Teams That Changed the NBA Forever.