Nancy Armour is an American sports columnist and journalist, primarily writing for

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where her work often covers the intersection of sports and

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s. Armour has been with USA Today since January 2014, following a tenure of over 20 years with the

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. She has reported on major sporting events, including every

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since 1996.

Early life and education

Armour is from

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

. She attended

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...

, graduating in 1991 with degrees in

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

and

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Career

Beginning her career at the Associated Press, Armour has covered a wide range of sports events. In 2014, she joined USA Today as a sports columnist.

Achievements and recognition

Armour has received awards for her journalistic work, including the 2022 Associated Press Sports Editors contest in the Division A Explanatory Writing category, alongside Lindsay Schnell and Steve Berkowitz, for their work on the impact of the reversal of Roe v. Wade on college athletes. She is also a recipient of the 2015 Ronald Reagan Media Award from the United States Sports Academy for her contributions to sports journalism.

References

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