About Dan Steinberg

By George Gerbo

Fredonia, N.Y. native, Dan Steinberg graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in political science and was the first recipient (in 1998) of the school’s James R. Soles Fellowship at the Center for Public Integrity, a Washington, D.C.-based investigative non-profit.

After working at C.P.I for a short period of time, Steinberg left to pursue a career in sports journalism.

He got an interview at the Post, and in 2001 started working there part-time covering high school sports.

Steinberg was eventually hired full-time and gradually worked his way up at The Post, initially covering the University of Maryland and college basketball.

In 2006, he was sent to cover the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, for WashingtonPost.com.

His offbeat stories about the New Zealand curling team and Northern Italian cheeses were well received and became the foundation for launching the D.C. Sports Bog in 2006.

In 2018, Steinberg chose to give up his column and join the editing staff of The Washington Post's sports section.