About Michael Wilbon
Michael Wilbon is an award–winning columnist for The Washington Post (free registration required) and co–host of ESPN’s daily news/commentary show “Pardon The Interruption.” He joined The Post after graduation from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1980 and had a number of assignments over the next 10 years.
Mr. Wilbon covered college basketball, college football, Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NFL until 1990 when The Post made him a full–time sports columnist. Since then Wilbon has commented on the sports news of the day, whether it pertains to games and the people who play them or the larger cultural issues that relate to sports.
He has covered more than 20 NCAA Final Fours, nine Olympic competitions, 17 Super Bowls, and numerous other championships in his 25 years at The Post. More importantly, he has been recognized by organizations as diverse as the Associated Press Sports Editors, the National Association of Black Journalists and Sigma Delta Chi for his commentary in national competitions.
Mr. Wilbon’s association with ESPN began in the late 1980s when he appeared regularly on “The Sports Reporters” and continued in through the early 1990s as a weekly contributor to the NFL show “Prime Monday.” In October of 2001, Mr. Wilbon and co–host Tony Kornheiser began hosting “PTI” which airs weekdays at 5:30 p.m. eastern time. In addition to writing his column for The Washington Post and hosting ESPN’s PTI, Mr. Wilbon has been a weekly contributor to WRC–TV–4 in Washington, D.C. since 1996.
He grew up on Chicago’s South Side, attended St. Ignatius College Prep for high school and Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism beginning in 1976. He graduated in 1980 with a bachelor of science degree in journalism and immediately went to work for The Post. He is currently a member of Medill’s Board of Advisers.