Rick Telander

Rick Telander
Rick Telander
Education	Northwestern University
Occupation	Sports columnist
Employers	Chicago Sun-Times; Sports Illustrated;
Children	Zack 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.