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George Dohrmann

George Dohrmann

Joined: Dec 11, 2013

Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated senior writer George Dohrmann is the rare sportswriter to have won a Pulitzer Prize. He earned journalism's top honor in 2000 while at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The Pulitzer cited his "determined reporting, despite negative reader reaction, that revealed academic fraud in the men's basketball program at the University of Minnesota." In 2000 he joined Sports Illustrated, where his primary beat is investigative reporting. He has also covered college football, college basketball and high school sports for SI and SI.com. Dohrmann is the author of the book, Play Their Hearts Out, an expose about youth basketball that was published by Random House in October 2010. It won the 2011 PEN/ESPN Award for literary sports writing and was named the best sports book of the year by Amazon.  Dohrmann cites the 2010 story Confessions of an Agent and the Michael Vick dog-fighting case in 2007 as the most memorable stories of his SI career. He has also written investigative stories on Ohio State football, UCLA basketball and other schools. Dohrmann's previous experience includes stops at the aforementioned St. Paul Pioneer Press (1997-2000), where he covered University of Minnesota football and basketball, and the Los Angeles Times (1995-1997), where he was the beat writer for USC basketball. Dohrmann graduated from Notre Dame in 1995 with a B.A. in American studies and later earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (2006). He resides in San Francisco with his wife, Sharon, daughter, Jessica, son, Justin and a crazy mutt named Reyna.

Centerplate CEO Des Hague in middle of despicable dog abuse scandal
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Centerplate CEO Des Hague in middle of despicable dog abuse scandal

Centerplate CEO Des Hague, who heads a major provider of stadium concessions for professional teams, finds himself in the midst of a despicable dog abuse scandal that should warrant greater consequences than a stiff fine and community service.

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Former NFL lineman Alex Bernstein reflects on tech success
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Former NFL lineman Alex Bernstein reflects on tech success

This story appeared in the Aug. 25, 2014, issue of Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here. Following Alex Bernstein’s second season as an NFL

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2014 World Cup Preview - Group E
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2014 World Cup Preview - Group E

Ah, to be French. Les Bleus barely qualified for Brazil, losing to Ukraine 2–0 in the first leg of a playoff before becoming the first European team to overcome

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Recently banned Donald Sterling has long history of clashing with NBA
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Recently banned Donald Sterling has long history of clashing with NBA

Simmons mostly kept watch over the franchise's finances, questioning every dollar that went out. Her office was next to the accountant's, and the path between

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Despite imperfections, USA takes 'fine' performance vs. Azerbaijan, marches forward
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Despite imperfections, USA takes 'fine' performance vs. Azerbaijan, marches forward

The U.S. men's national team celebrates Aron Johannsson's goal that iced a 2-0 win over Azerbaijan on Tuesday. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO – It was

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Despite initial declaration, Klinsmann's World Cup team lacks Latin-American influence
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Despite initial declaration, Klinsmann's World Cup team lacks Latin-American influence

Joe Corona, front right, was the only Mexican-American playing in Liga MX to make Jurgen Klinsmann's preliminary World Cup roster. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty

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Bradley, Howard show compassion for Donovan, but keep focus on moving forward
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Bradley, Howard show compassion for Donovan, but keep focus on moving forward

Tim Howard, left, and Landon Donovan share an embrace after the latter's iconic goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup, a sequence that started on Howard's

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'Iceman' Johannsson hoping to heat back up with USA's World Cup run looming
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'Iceman' Johannsson hoping to heat back up with USA's World Cup run looming

U.S. forward Aron Johannsson (9) scored 26 goals in all competitions this season for AZ Alkmaar. (Arnulfo Franco/AP) STANFORD, Calif. -- Prospective strikers

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Led by Frank Kaminsky and Bo Ryan, Wisconsin finally gets to a Final Four
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Led by Frank Kaminsky and Bo Ryan, Wisconsin finally gets to a Final Four

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In a battle of wills, Arizona overcomes strong effort from San Diego State
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In a battle of wills, Arizona overcomes strong effort from San Diego State

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San Diego State puts an end to Bison's tournament stampede, advance to Sweet 16
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San Diego State puts an end to Bison's tournament stampede, advance to Sweet 16

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San Diego State outlasts New Mexico State in OT after wild second half
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San Diego State outlasts New Mexico State in OT after wild second half

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