Bryan Burwell Explained

Bryan Ellis Burwell
Birth Date:4 August 1955
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Death Place:St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Awards:APSE Top 10 Sports Columnist
Occupation:Sportswriter, Commentator, Author
Education:Virginia State University (1977)
Spouse:Dawnn Turner
Children:Victoria Burwell

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.[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.

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  1. Web site: BRYAN BURWELL - Obituary. 2020-10-28. www.legacy.com. en.
  2. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/11978134/bryan-burwell-st-louis-post-dispatch-dies-59 Columnist Bryan Burwell dies
  3. Web site: Thomas. Jim. Sports columnist Bryan Burwell dies at 59. 2020-10-29. STLtoday.com. 4 December 2014 . en.
  4. Web site: Sportswriter Bryan Burwell dies at age 59. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031160912/http://megasportsnews.com/?p=66835 . 2020-10-31 . 29 October 2020. megasportsnews.com.
  5. Web site: The Color of Change - Envisiongroup.tv. 2020-10-29. envisiongroup.tv.
  6. News: reports. -from staff and wire. 2014-12-05. Bryan Burwell, prominent sports columnist and commentator, dies at 59. en-US. Washington Post. 2020-10-29. 0190-8286.
  7. Web site: Wise. Mike. 2016-12-07. Bryan Burwell brought a different perspective to big sports stories. 2020-10-29. Andscape. en-US.
  8. Web site: ESPN. 2014-12-04. Columnist Bryan Burwell dies. 2020-10-29. ABC7 Los Angeles. en.
  9. Web site: USBWA > News > Hall of Fame. 2020-10-29. www.sportswriters.net.
  10. Web site: 2015-05-05. Bryan Burwell To Be Honored With 2015 NABJ Legacy Award. 2020-10-29. Black Enterprise. en-US.
  11. Book: Burwell, Bryan. At the Buzzer!: Havlicek Steals, Erving Soars, Magic Deals, Michael Scores!. 2001. Doubleday. 978-0-385-50145-3. en.
  12. Web site: ThriftBooks. Busch Stadium: The First Season book by Bill Smith. 2020-10-28. ThriftBooks. en.
  13. Book: Burwell, Bryan. The Best St. Louis Sports Arguments: The 100 Most Controversial, Debatable Questions for Die-Hard Fans. 2007. Sourcebooks. 978-1-4022-1104-1. en.
  14. Book: Burwell, Bryan. Madden: A Biography. 2011-08-01. Triumph Books. 978-1-61749-546-5. en.

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