Scoop Jackson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Scoop Jackson
Occupation	Sports Journalist
Date Of Birth	Nov 23, 1963(1963-11-23)
Age	61
Country	United States
Birth City	Chicago
Horoscope	Scorpio

Scoop Jackson Biography

Scoop Jackson is one of the most popular and richest Sports Journalist who was born on November 23, 1963 in Chicago, United States. Robert “Scoop” Jackson (born on 23rd November 1963) is a American journalist for sports, an author , and cultural critic currently working for ESPN.com.

He started creating content in ESPN.com beginning on the 8th of March, 2005. his first piece consisting of a declaration of his views on sports entitled “Scoop’s Manifesto”. In 2006, on the one-year anniversary of his employment working for ESPN the publication published an article that outlined the lessons he had learned from his job. The article concluded by affirming that he believes that the Ralph Wiley legacy, and the following “I hope that I am doing him justice.” In the end, this article resulted in a dispute with ex- ESPN.com columnist Jason Whitlock, who criticized Jackson in an interview, and called him an “bojangler” for portraying himself as the next Ralph Wiley. The result was Whitlock’s removal from ESPN.

While writing for ESPN he often campaigns against injustices against blacks in America. In a Jan 10th 2008 article entitled “Time for Tiger to roar,” Jackson called for golfer Tiger Woods to show outrage over a comment a friend and golf announcer made during one of Tigers matches. He also wrote an article entitled “The Willingham Question” in which he claims that Notre Dame exhibited racism in the firing of then head football coach Ty Willingham.

In 2015 Jackson transferred from senior writer at ESPN.com to senior writer at Sportscenter for ESPN. He also returned to copyright for Nike. Helping develop their EQUALITY campaigns. In 2017 he won the New York International Television & Film gold medal award for Sports Coverage for his ESPN feature on the anticipation of the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series.

In 2000, Jackson was approached by Nike to write the company’s first book on Nike’s contributions to the sport of basketball and sneaker culture through Sole Provider 30 years of Nike Basketball. In the end, Jackson continued to work for the company for five years as writing copy and content before becoming a part of ESPN.

Scoop Jackson Net Worth

Scoop Jackson is one of the richest Sports Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Scoop Jackson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jackson was was raised in Chicago in the city where he currently is with his spouse and 2 kids and was born on the day following U.S. President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in 1961. Jackson was named for his uncle who joked that, “This boy scooped Kennedy. Put him on the cover of the paper.” Jackson attended Luther High School South in Chicago and was educated at Xavier University (LA) and obtained a Master of Arts diploma in journalism from Howard University where he made the National Dean’s List in 1990-91 before becoming journalist. The father of his son was reporter of his newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News in Denver.

Jackson began his profession as freelance journalist. His work has appeared in numerous publications, such as USA Today, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Source The Final Call. The author of two books: The Last Black Mecca and The Darkside. His writing has appeared in hip hop and basketball magazines for more than 25 years. He has also served as executive editor of SLAM Magazine, XXL, and also editing Hoop as well as Inside Stuff. The writer has contributed to Vibe as well as been a regular guest on TV and radio sports talk shows and is frequently featured in ESPN’s Sports Century series. Jackson’s first piece for SLAM was published in the issue of January 1995 with the title “The Large Professor”, which was a piece on Shaquille O’Neal. At one point, Jackson pushed SLAM publisher Dennis Page to put Allen Iverson on the front cover of the magazine even though Iverson was in the basketball program at Georgetown University, threatening to leave if the change did not take place. In addition to the regular feature articles for SLAM In 2004, Jackson began writing an article on the back of the magazine titled “Game Point”, in which he voiced his opinions regarding various basketball-related subjects. Jackson was writing in SLAM up to the issue of July issue in 2005.

During the 2008 World Series, Jackson found himself surrounded by controversy after writing a column about Tampa Bay Rays star B.J. Upton. Jackson argued that Upton (who is African-American) can be a role model to the black community because of his “propensity to be lazy”. One writer for a Rays blog later said, “Could you imagine Scoop Jackson’s reaction if Peter Gammons had written that paragraph? … Good lord Scoop. We don’t mean to yell, but did you eat paint chips when you were a kid? Of all the positive things Upton does on the baseball field that are worthy of emulating, Jackson picks laziness as why inner-city kids will gravitate to the Rays center fielder.” His first contribution to ESPN The Magazine appeared in the May 8, 2006 issue titled “It’s Time” which was a short article explaining why he was picking the New Jersey Nets to win the 2005-06 NBA championship. Having grown up with Tim Hardaway, he interviewed him for a column that appeared on ESPN.com on February 23, 2007, about Hardaway’s comment, “I hate gay people.”

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Facts & Trivia

Scoop Ranked on the list of most popular Sports Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Scoop Jackson celebrates birthday on November 23 of every year.