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Position: Staff Writer.
 
Hometown: Columbia, Md.

College: Dartmouth College.

First job in journalism: Covering youth swim meets and tennis tournaments for the Columbia Flier.

At Washington Post since: July 1997.

Favorite Sports: Soccer and basketball.

Favorite Athlete: Cal Ripken Jr.

Favorite Teams: The 1989 Why Not? Orioles and the 1991 Bandwagon Redskins.

Favorite Writer (Other than Tom Boswell): Sally Jenkins.

Favorite Moment at Post: Going to cover an Orioles game for the very first time—a meaningless late-season contest against the Yankees on Sept. 20, 1998—and finding out that Cal Ripken Jr. decided not to play that night.

Favorite Moment on WPL: Detailing my terrible eating habits during the NCAA basketball tournament: Popcorn during the day, and a combination of Fritos/Cheetos/Doritos for dinner.