Gregg Doyel is a sports columnist for the ''

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'', formerly a national sports writer for

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, who three times has been named the country's top sports columnist by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Doyel has earned 13 different APSE Top 10 awards, seven for columns, including firsts in 2014, '17 and '19, a second in 2010, and a third in 2016.

Early life and education

Gregg Doyel was born in

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. He grew up in

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, where his father was a law professor at the

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. Doyel attended high school in

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and attended college at the

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. At Stratford Academy in Macon, Ga., he was named all-state twice in baseball (1987, '88) 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. 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 ''

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: Building the Duke Dynasty''. Before working at Sportsline.com, he was a sports writer with the

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beat writer at the

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and an ACC basketball writer with the

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. On May 21, 2007, it was announced that Doyel would host a radio program on

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in the 9AM-Noon time slot with Mo Egger. He hosted the WCKY show until he was discharged in the wake of a budget cut on December 13, 2007. Doyel also briefly co-hosted

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's "Sunday Morning SportsTalk" with Ken Broo, but voluntarily left the show because he was traveling excessively for

Awards

In 2010, Doyel finished second in the Associated Press Sports Editors' annual contest for column writing. He finished first in 2014 and again in 2017. Dennis Howell of DallasProSportSpot.com named Doyel "Columnist of the Year" for 2011. http://dallasprosportspot.com/2012/02/16/felt-give-gregg-doyel-props/ In January 2015, it was announced that Gregg Doyel was named 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.

References

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