Bill Pennington

William Mark Pennington (born December 12, 1956) is an American journalist, sportswriter and author. A reporter for The New York Times since 1997, Pennington has become best known for his sports journalism on golf, skiing, baseball, football, and other sports.

Career Pennington began his career at the Bristol Press in Bristol, Connecticut, then worked for the Associated Press in Boston, the Providence Journal, the Stamford Advocate and The Record, where he was a beat writer for the New York Yankees and later a syndicated columnist. For five years at The New York Times, he was the beat writer covering the New York Giants. He also received acclaim for his coverage of multiple summer and winter Olympic Games.

In 2008, Pennington began starring in golf videos and writing the weekly "On Par" golf column in the Times. In 2015, Pennington authored The New York Times best seller Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius.

Pennington is a 15-time finalist and seven-time winner of the Associated Press sports editors national writing award, writing stories about overuse injuries in young athletes, unethical medical practices in professional sports, a profile of ski racer Lindsey Vonn and Title IX abuses. His 2009 series examining the actual monetary value of an NCAA athletic scholarship won a Deadline Club award from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2009.

Personal life Raised in central Connecticut, Pennington graduated from Farmington High School and Boston University. He lives in Warwick, New York, with his wife, Joyce, and three children.