Sports
September 24, 2018
Sports Journalism Is as Relevant, and Important, as Ever in 2018
After the second annual Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting, a conversation about the past and future of the industry.
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Cities
May 13, 2014
Where the Jest Begins
Don't laugh, Fort Worth isn't funny.
Sports
February 12, 2014
Not Just Semi-Opinionated
The legendary Dan Jenkins has been covering sports since the forties. Things have not improved.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Dan Jenkins, Hall of Famer
The pride of Paschal High became the first living sportswriter to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday night.
Sports
January 21, 2013
18 Tweets: The Best of Dan Jenkins’ Masters Coverage
The 82-year-old Fort Worth sportswriting legend and World Golf Hall of Famer lights up Twitter with his missives from Augusta National.
January 21, 2013
Read State: Sportswriter Dan Jenkins
Curious about the reading habits of sportswriter Dan Jenkins? Read on.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Notable Quotes
On Texas cuisine.
Books
May 31, 2008
The Franchise Babe
As the father of the golf novel (exhibit A: Dead Solid Perfect, circa 1974), Fort Worth’s Dan Jenkins holds license in perpetuity to exercise the genre’s clichés, which he does with relish in The Franchise Babe. Self-absorbed pro golfers and sizzling golf moms in “jacked-up minis” are just
Sports
April 30, 2008
Sportswriter High
Three cheers for Sportswriter High.
Books
November 1, 1998
Grumpy Old Man
Dan Jenkins has just published his eighth novel. It’s called Rude Behavior. Spend a few hours with him and you’ll know why.