Loren Tate
American sports writer
About Loren Tate
Born 1931.
Loren Burton Tate is a sports journalist covering the Illinois Fighting Illini. He began working for the News-Gazette in 1966 and retired from most writing in 2017, but continues to write a Sunday column and participate in a radio show. Tate was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1974 and later inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2021.
Works A Century of Orange and Blue - with Jared Gelfond (Sports Pub. L.L.C., 2004) Tatelines (The News-Gazette, 2008)
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American sports writer
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Loren Tate was born in 1931.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Loren Tate. https://biography.guide/loren-tate/
MLA: "Loren Tate." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/loren-tate/.
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