29 Sep Farewell, Puck Daddy
I’ve been told that two of my greatest assets as a writer are my speed and my creativity, so naturally I’ve been staring at a blank screen for six hours and can’t think of a single clever way to announce that today is my last day at Yahoo Sports, after nine years as editor of the Puck Daddy blog.
17 May On Jen and Josh
As many of you have seen or heard, Puck Daddy lost Jen Neale and Josh Cooper last night due to budgetary considerations, which also affected the job status of others around Yahoo.
18 Nov Talking TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK on Grandstanding podcast!
My buds Kevin Kaduk and Jay Busbee had me on Yahoo Sports’ podcast Grandstanding to talk about the book. Kaduk is a Chicago Blackhawks season ticket holder and Busbee is a fan of the game, so it was a fun chat and one of the first times I’ve done an interview about the book rather than shoe-horning reference to it into my other weekly interviews.
Where is Wyshynski from?
Personal life. Wyshynski is a native of Matawan, New Jersey, and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since childhood, he has been a fan of the New Jersey Devils. He is married and has one daughter from a previous relationship.
Where did John Wyshynski go to college?
Early career. Wyshynski is a 1999 graduate of University of Maryland's College of Journalism. In 2000, he started working for The Connection Newspapers of Northern Virginia and spent nearly ten years as a writer and editor there, rising through the ranks to executive sports editor. While at The Connection, Wyshynski received over 50 Virginia Press ...
What was the name of the sports column that Wyshynski wrote?
During this time, Wyshynski branched out into other sports writing, serving as an editor for SportsFan magazine and writing a weekly syndicated sports column, "The Jester’s Quart".
What podcasts does Sean McIndoe have?
He currently does two podcasts, "ESPN On Ice" with fellow ESPN hockey reporter Emily Kaplan, and "Puck Soup ", with hockey writer Sean McIndoe (commonly known by the pseudonym "Down Goes Brown") of The Athletic and Ryan Lambert (formerly of Yahoo! Sports).
Who is the editor of Puck Daddy?
In 2008, Wyshynski left The Connection and joined Yahoo! Sports full-time. As the editor-in-chief of Puck Daddy, he became the first blogger ever named to The Hockey News "100 People of Power and Influence" list. He covered the Vancouver, London, Sochi and Rio de Janeiro Olympics for Yahoo! Sports, as a general columnist for the 2012 and 2016 Games. Wyshynski is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association .
Is Mike Wyshynski still with ESPN?
On September 29, 2017, Wyshynski announced his resignation from Yahoo! Sports and that he was leaving Puck Daddy to the site's other writers. It was subsequently announced that he would join ESPN as an NHL analyst and reporter for ESPN.com. He currently does two podcasts, "ESPN On Ice" with fellow ESPN hockey reporter Emily Kaplan, and "Puck Soup", with hockey writer Sean McIndoe (commonly known by the pseudonym "Down Goes Brown") of The Athletic and Ryan Lambert (formerly of Yahoo! Sports).
