Rick Telander

Rick Telander
EducationNorthwestern University
OccupationSports columnist
Employers
ChildrenZack Telander
Awards
  • Illinois Sportswriter of the Year, 8 times
  • Ring Lardner Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism, 2014
  • Sigma Delta Chi Award and Bronze Medallion, 2018
  • National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame, 2021

Rick Telander is the senior sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. Hired in 1995 from Sports Illustrated, where he was a Senior Writer, Telander's presence at the newspaper was expected to counter the stable of sports columnists the rival Chicago Tribune had.