Bryan Burwell

Bryan Ellis Burwell
Born(1955-08-04)August 4, 1955
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedDecember 4, 2014(2014-12-04) (aged 59)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
EducationVirginia State University (1977)
Occupation(s)Sportswriter, Commentator, Author
SpouseDawnn Turner
ChildrenVictoria Burwell
AwardsAPSE Top 10 Sports Columnist

Bryan Ellis Burwell (August 4, 1955 – December 4, 2014)[1] was an American sportswriter and author. He joined the St. Louis Post Dispatch in 2002, after leaving HBO's Inside the NFL, where he worked as a sports correspondent. Burwell also worked in radio as a co-host on CBS Sports 920 in St. Louis, Missouri, on weekday afternoons and as on-air talent at 101 ESPN Radio, also in St. Louis. Burwell was featured on two ESPN programs, Jim Rome is Burning and The Sports Reporters.[1][2][3]

Burwell co-wrote and hosted a documentary on the baseball's Negro leagues titled, The Color of Change.[4] He recounted, in the documentary, the trials and tribulations of the baseball league built by racism and its ultimate demise. The documentary featured interviews with Buck O'Neil, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith for the St. Louis Post Dispatch.[5]

Burwell died at the age of 59 on December 4, 2014, from melanoma, a type of cancer, leaving behind a wife, Dawnn and daughter, Victoria.[6][7] Burwell was a native of Washington D.C., but raised in Lanham, Maryland. He attended Duval High School and is a 1977 graduate of Virginia State University where he pledged Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.[6]

Awards and recognition

  • 2007 Associated Press Sports Editors named Burwell as one of the Top 10 sports columnists[8]
  • 2013 Eppy Award in recognition of his video-series Upon Further Review[8]
  • 2015 Burwell was posthumously elected to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame, Burwell was the first African-American to be inducted into the organization's Hall of Fame.[9]
  • 2015 NABJ Legacy Award in recognition for having had a career of extraordinary achievement, which broke barriers and blazed trails[10]

Bibliography

  • At the Buzzer! Havlicek Steals, Erving Soars, Magic Deals, Michael Scores!, Doubleday, 2001[11]
  • Busch Stadium: The First Season, By Joe Strauss, Rick Hummel, Bryan Burwell, etal., St.Louis Post-Dispatch, 2006[12]
  • The Best St. Louis Sports Arguments: The 100 Most Controversial, Debatable Questions for Die-Hard Fans, Sourcebooks, 2007[13]
  • Madden: A Biography, Triumph Books, 2011[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "BRYAN BURWELL - Obituary". www.legacy.com. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  2. ^ Columnist Bryan Burwell dies, espn.go.com; accessed December 4, 2014.
  3. ^ Thomas, Jim (December 4, 2014). "Sports columnist Bryan Burwell dies at 59". STLtoday.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Sportswriter Bryan Burwell dies at age 59". megasportsnews.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Color of Change - Envisiongroup.tv". envisiongroup.tv. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  6. ^ a b reports, -from staff and wire (December 5, 2014). "Bryan Burwell, prominent sports columnist and commentator, dies at 59". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  7. ^ Wise, Mike (December 7, 2016). "Bryan Burwell brought a different perspective to big sports stories". Andscape. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  8. ^ a b ESPN (December 4, 2014). "Columnist Bryan Burwell dies". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  9. ^ "USBWA > News > Hall of Fame". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Bryan Burwell To Be Honored With 2015 NABJ Legacy Award". Black Enterprise. May 5, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  11. ^ Burwell, Bryan (2001). At the Buzzer!: Havlicek Steals, Erving Soars, Magic Deals, Michael Scores!. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-50145-3.
  12. ^ ThriftBooks. "Busch Stadium: The First Season book by Bill Smith". ThriftBooks. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  13. ^ Burwell, Bryan (2007). The Best St. Louis Sports Arguments: The 100 Most Controversial, Debatable Questions for Die-Hard Fans. Sourcebooks. ISBN 978-1-4022-1104-1.
  14. ^ Burwell, Bryan (August 1, 2011). Madden: A Biography. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-61749-546-5.