Le Anne Schreiber

Le Anne Schreiber (born August 4, 1945^[1]) is a former ESPN ombudsman.

Schreiber replaced George Solomon in this position, who had served for twenty-one months as ombudsman. Schreiber had a two-year contract as ombudsman and wrote at least one column a month, with her tenure coming to an end in March 2009.

Prior to her work as the ESPN ombudsman, Schreiber had been a sports editor for The New York Times. She has also covered the 1976 Montreal Olympics and been editor-in-chief of womenSports magazine. She is also a decorated journalist, having won a National Magazine Award in 1991.

Schreiber, the author of Midstream: An Intimate Journal of Loss and Discovery, is divorced and lives in rural upstate New York. She has a master's degree from Harvard and has been a professor at University at Albany, SUNY and Columbia. Her book Light Years was a New York Times 1996 Notable Book of the Year.

Originally from Evanston, Illinois, she moved to Texas and received her bachelor's degree from Rice in 1967.

References

1. "Le Anne Schreiber". Contemporary Authors Online. August 15, 2002. Retrieved on December 20, 2010.