Joe Posnanski Quotes

United States, Journalist
January 8, 1967

Joe Posnanski (/pəzˈnænski/; nicknamed "Poz" and "Joe Po"; born January 8, 1967) is an American sports journalist. A former senior columnist for Sports Illustrated (where he wrote a blog, Curiously Long Posts) and columnist for The Kansas City Star, he currently is the national columnist for MLB.com and also writes for his personal blog, Joe Blog.

Joe Paterno was a well-educated man, and he was also a man from a different time.

Joe Posnanski
- Time
- Different
When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, I believed - completely, wholeheartedly, without reservation or pause - that the Cleveland Indians were named to honor a Native American ballplayer named Louis Sockalexis, who played for Cleveland in the late 19th Century.

Joe Posnanski
- Up
- American
- Growing

The fun of the Super Bowl is the week leading into it; once it's actually played, the story dies down very, very quickly.

Joe Posnanski
- Fun
Being wrong on facts, that's something you have a real responsibility to correct. But being wrong in the fun sports way is part of the interplay.

Joe Posnanski
- Real
- Fun
- Responsibility
Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing is how you respond to that tension.

Joe Posnanski
- Time
- Writing
- Sports
Every day I make predictions that don't come anywhere close to the mark.

Joe Posnanski