Jason Gay: Stop Readg This Loy Column and Read a Book Instead - About Edg and Wrg

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• JASON GAY
• JASON GAY
• JASON GAY: STOP READG THIS LOY COLUMN AND READ A BOOK INSTEAD
• COLUMNIST JASON GAY TO SPEAK AT 2019 WTER MENCEMENT
• JASON GAY, WALL STREET JOURNAL LUMNIST: WHAT IT TAK
• JASON GAY: FETTABLE ATHLETE, ENDURG SPORTS JOURNALIST
• SPORTS COLUMNIST JASON GAY: 'I AM A LOY TEACHER'
• JASON COLLS OUT AS GAY
• JASON GAY
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JASON GAY

Sports and Humor Columnist, The Wall Street JournalJason Gay is The Wall Street Journal’s sports lumnist and a humor lumnist for s Review sectn. Wre to Jason at, and follow him on Twter @jasongay. Sign up to receive email alerts om Jason Gay.

From a Wall Street Journal lumn by Jason Gay headled “Stop Readg This Loy Column and Read a Book Instead”:. As a lumnist for the Wall Street Journal, UW–Madison alum Jason Gay regularly shifts between irreverent humor and ser them.

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Jason Gay says the reactn to his selectn as mencement speaker has been one of universal shock. Gay, a 1992 polil science graduate, has been selected as keynote speaker for wter mencement.

Gay is the Wall Street Journal’s sports lumnist and a humor lumnist for s Review sectn. Gay says the reactn to his selectn as mencement speaker has been one of universal shock. Jason Gay.

Gay has bee well-known for gleefully bashg the Universy of Michigan football team — one of his lumns last month was tled, “Y, to Save the World, Wisns Really Needs to Beat Michigan.

JASON GAY: STOP READG THIS LOY COLUMN AND READ A BOOK INSTEAD

Given the pomp and circumstance of mencement, will Gay go easy on Michigan for the day?

This is Jason Gay, I'm a sports lumnist for the Wall Street Journal and Regis Philb's food taster on Fox Sports 1's Crowd Go Wild. Even though his words show up black and whe, ’s clear through his lumns that Wall Street Journal sports wrer Jason Gay ’92 bleeds rdal red.

Gay was volved theater at UW–Madison, and his passn for the dramatic is evint his verage, whether he’s wrg about the Badgers, the Olympics, or the Tour France.

COLUMNIST JASON GAY TO SPEAK AT 2019 WTER MENCEMENT

On his webse,, Gay shar his personal list of ltle victori:.

JASON GAY, WALL STREET JOURNAL LUMNIST: WHAT IT TAK

The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay might be the only sports wrer at a mastream US newspaper who still vers cyclg—profsnal and recreatnal; road, cyclocross, and mounta.

Gay wr about profsnal and llege football (he went to the Universy of Wisns, but I hope Wolver will keep readg), soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis, and golf. Like many rirs, Gay me to the sport later life. Jason Gay: Covid for me was a real talyst to get back on the bike at time when people were needg to get outsi, was a real sential thg to get on the bike, fet about everythg and jt sort of go.

JASON GAY: FETTABLE ATHLETE, ENDURG SPORTS JOURNALIST

Jason Gay: There’s nothg else like . Jason Gay: Staabily, a word.

Jason Gay: I’d hate to say anythg is permanently damaged.

The Wall Street Journal's Jason Gay views journalism the same way profsnal athlet approach their sport: he’s nstantly fdg ways to improve and adapt to the changg world (or game). Jason Gay has been a sports and humor lumnist at the Wall Street Journal for 13 years. ” It’s the first thg Jason Gay says to me, apologizg for beg late.

SPORTS COLUMNIST JASON GAY: 'I AM A LOY TEACHER'

Behd him, a Wilson T2000 tennis racket, the same mol of the pure alumum racket that Jimmy Connors ed when he won the 1983 US Open, glimmers on the wall above Gay’s sk.

” says Gay, who grew-up playg tennis. Every workday, Gay, 53, wak up at 4 a.

Gay’s entertag wrg, sprkled wh wry humor, keeps them up-to-date on their favore athlet, Super Bowls, World Cups, and how “Tom Brady is (fally) ready for Pickball. Gay, now his 13th year as sports and humor lumnist for the Journal, embarked upon his wrg journey Belmont Hill School the suburbs of Belmont, MA, where he worked the school newspaper.

JASON COLLS OUT AS GAY

Gay approach his sportswrg much like a 10-year-old views life. Like a child’s favore actn TV show, Gay explas that sportg events also have hero and villas, protagonists and antagonists, good guys and bad guys. Gay is the first to acknowledge his shortgs.

Siar to his favore tennis players, Ons Jabr, Carlos Alrez, and Daniil Medvev, Gay is always learng and gettg better as a journalist. Gay views journalism the same way profsnal athlet approach their sport: he’s nstantly fdg ways to improve and adapt to the changg world (or game).

Gay attend the Universy of Wisns-Madison, where he creds his acceptance to one sleepy admissns officer. From there, Gay got to the edorial si of thgs, workg stts at the Boston Phoenix, New York Observer and Rollg Stone, before fdg his way to GQ, where he served as article edor. When an opportuny to work at the WSJ me up 2009, Gay quickly jumped aboard and has been there ever sce.

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Unlike his rears, Gay did not read the WSJ...

Gay is perfectly sued for his le of work. He genuely lik to make everyone happy, whether ’s his rears worldwi or his homebound black-and-whe tuxedo t, Baxter, who Gay swears n talk.

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Gay’s skillful abily to tertwe humor and w to his wrg is rare.

Former CBS sports producer Tommy O’Neill, prais Gay’s rare fse wh words and stori. O’Neill is not the only one to regnize Gay’s talented craft. In between his day job and school drop-offs and pick-ups, Gay recently released his send book, a llectn of says lled I Wouldn’t Do That If I Were Me: Morn Blunrs and Most Triumphs (but Mostly Blunrs).

In today’s smartphone, media-driven age, Gay says “Askg someone to read a book the days feels like askg them to jo you on a sail om Mae to Portugal.