About Tim Kurkjian

By Jimmy Reed

Kurkjian grew up in Bethesda, Maryland and enrolled at the University of Maryland in the fall of 1974 and received his bachelor’s degree in journalism in the spring of 1978 from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Immediately after graduating, Kurkjian took a position at The Washington Star. In his time at The Star, he had a multitude of responsibilities: answering phone calls, writing high school sports briefs, running errands for seasoned reporters.

Kurkjian eventually became a staff writer for The Star in 1981, but that role was short-lived, as the newspaper went out of business that same year. After stints with Baltimore News-American and The Dallas Morning News, Kurkjian worked for the Baltimore Sun covering the Orioles.

In 1998, Kurkjian joined ESPN as a baseball insider and has held that position ever since. Kurkjian has covered every MLB All-Star Game and World Series since 1982 and has published two books, America’s Game and Is This A Great Game, Or What?, with a third book in the final stages of publication.