Robert Andrew Powell is an American journalist and author.[1] He is best known for his writing on sports and food. His sports journalism was included in The Best American Sports Writing, in 1998.[2] He won a James Beard Foundation Award, in 1997, in the "Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes" category.[3]
Powell has written for many publications, including The New York Times, Slate, and Mother Jones.[4][5][6] He was a long-time contributor to Miami New Times.[7]