Gregg Doyel

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Gregg Doyel
Born
Hawaii
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Florida
Known forSports writer

Gregg Doyel is a sports columnist for the Indianapolis Star , formerly a national sports writer for CBSSports.com, who has been named the country's top sports columnist by the Associated Press Sports Editors four times. Doyel has won 16 APSE Top 10 awards since 2007, eight for columns, including firsts in 2014, '17, '19 and '22. In 2023 he was named one of the 250 most influential business leaders in Indiana by the Indianapolis Business Journal .

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Early life and education

Gregg Doyel was born in Hawaii. He grew up in Mississippi, where his father was a law professor at the University of Mississippi. Doyel attended high school in Georgia and attended college at the University of Florida. At Stratford Academy in Macon, Georgia, he was named all-state twice in baseball (1987, 1988) for coaches Bubber Adams and Bobby Henley, and once in soccer (1986) for coach Sharad Apte.

Journalism and broadcasting career

Before coming to the Star, he was a national columnist for CBSSports.com. [1] Doyel was also the site's college basketball writer before becoming a columnist. He has written two books, titled Kentucky Wildcats: Where Have You Gone? and Coach K: Building the Duke Dynasty. Before working at Sportsline.com, he was a sports writer with the Tampa Tribune , Florida Marlins beat writer at the Miami Herald and an ACC basketball writer with the Charlotte Observer . On May 21, 2007, it was announced that Doyel would host a radio program on Cincinnati's WCKY (AM) in the 9 am – noon time slot with Mo Egger. [2] He hosted the WCKY show until he was discharged in the wake of a budget cut on December 13, 2007. [3] Doyel also briefly co-hosted WLW's Sunday Morning SportsTalk with Ken Broo, but voluntarily left the show because he was traveling excessively for CBSSports.com.

Caitlin Clark controversy (2024)

On April 17, 2024, during basketball player Caitlin Clark's introductory press conference with the Indiana Fever, Doyel engaged in an "uncomfortable exchange" with Clark that drew international attention; the incident occurred when Doyel made a heart gesture with his hands, mimicking Clark's signature move, stating "start doing it to me and we'll get along just fine." [4] [5] [6] As a result, the Indianapolis Star banned Doyel from covering the Fever for one season, and also reportedly suspended Doyel for two weeks without pay. [7] [8]

Awards

In 2010, Doyel finished second in the Associated Press Sports Editors' annual contest for column writing. [9] He finished first in 2014 [10] and again in 2017. [11]

Dennis Howell of DallasProSportSpot.com named Doyel "Columnist of the Year" for 2011. [12]

In January 2015, Gregg Doyel was winner of the U.S. Harness Writers Association's 53rd Annual John Hervey Award for Excellence in Harness Racing Journalism. He was honored for his column on trainer/driver Verlin Yohder titled "Hey Hollywood! Another Classic Indiana Underdog Story", which appeared in the November 11, 2014 issue of the Indianapolis Star.

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  3. ↑ Television: Doyel Done At 1530 Homer
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  5. ↑ "'Written in 1971': Columnist apologises after awkward interaction with Caitlin Clark". The Guardian . April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  6. ↑ Rand, Michael (April 17, 2024). "Inappropriate exchange with Caitlin Clark overshadows introduction at Indiana Fever news conference". Star Tribune . Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  7. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wnba/2024/05/08/caitlin-clark-gregg-doyel/20b58ffa-0d7 [ bare URL ]
  8. ↑ "Reporter Suspended After Uncomfortable Exchange with Caitlin Clark and Will Not Attend Fever Games".
  9. ↑ "APSE". Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  10. ↑ "These 5 stories won Gregg Doyel first place in annual column writing contest".
  11. ↑ "Gregg Doyel wins first place for columns in APSE contest".
  12. ↑ http://dallasprosportspot.com/2012/02/16/felt-give-gregg-doyel-props/%5B%5D
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