Jason Whitlock
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Jason Lee Whitlock (b. 27 April 1967 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American sportswriter for The Kansas City Star and for AOL Sports, a former contibutor to ESPN and a former radio personality for WHB and KCSP sports stations in the Kansas City, Missouri area.
Whitlock played offensive tackle at Warren Central High School in Indiana, where he blocked for quarterback Jeff George, who later became the first overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft. He went on to play football at Ball State University, lettering as an offensive tackle in 1987 and 1988. He graduated in 1990 with a degree in journalism.
Whitlock previously worked for the Bloomington Herald Times, The Charlotte Observer and the Ann Arbor News. He has also been published in Vibe Magazine and The Sporting News. He posts regularly on Sportsjournalists.com where, unusually for that message board, he posts under his real name. Whitlock is the celebrity spokesman for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City. Whitlock had guest-hosted several ESPN shows, including Jim Rome Is Burning, and Pardon the Interruption. He also appeared regularly on ESPN's The Sports Reporters until he was fired from ESPN in September 2006. Subsequently, he joined AOL Sports as a guest columnist.
