Christopher Clarey is an American journalist who is a global sports columnist and tennis writer for ''

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''. He is also a regular contributor to ''

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''.

Early life

He was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of Roberta “Bonnie” Clarey and Rear Admiral Stephen Clarey. He received a B.A. in English and History at

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a col ...

in Massachusetts in 1986.

Career

Clarey began his journalism career at ''

The San Diego Union-Tribune ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, ''The San Diego Union'' and ...

'' where he covered a variety of sports and the

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, but left the newspaper in 1991 to become a freelance reporter and was a commentator for the pan-European sports broadcaster ''

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''. He secured his first byline in ''The New York Times'' in 1991 after his former editor at the ''Union-Tribune'' recommended to the ''Times'' sports editor to commission Clarey to write a story on

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and

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, a French brother-sister pair of ice dancers. Clarey was appointed chief sports correspondent at the ''

International Herald Tribune The ''International Herald Tribune'' (''IHT'') was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France for international English-speaking readers. It had the aim of becoming "the world's first global newspaper" and could fairly be said ...

'' in 1998. He has written three books: ''Davis Cup by NEC: The Year in Tennis 1997''; ''Davis Cup Yearbook 1999: The Year in Tennis'' and ''The Master''

Awards

*Alan Trengove Award for Excellence in Tennis Journalism (2017) * Eugene L. Scott Award from the

International Tennis Hall of Fame The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It honors both players and other contributors to the sport of tennis. The complex, the former Newport Casino, includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indo ...

(2018)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarey, Christopher Living people People from Newport, Rhode Island Williams College alumni The New York Times sportswriters American sportswriters American sports journalists Year of birth missing (living people) American newspaper journalists