George Dohrmann (born February 14, 1973), is an editor and writer for ''

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'', the

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winner for beat reporting, and author of '' Play Their Hearts Out'', which received the 2011 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.

Background and career

In college, he wrote for ''The Observer''. In 2000, while working at the St. Paul ''Pioneer Press'', Dohrmann won a

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

for a series of stories that uncovered widespread academic fraud in the University of Minnesota men's basketball program. The Citation says, A few months after winning the prize he joined ''

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'' where he worked as a senior writer dealing with investigative projects into college basketball, college football and soccer. Dohrmann published his first book, ''Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine'', on October 5, 2010, through

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. The book was the result of more than eight years of investigative work. The book "reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book's heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote 'the next LeBron,' and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller's sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations." ;Awards :Associated Press Sports Editors, second place, enterprise reporting, 1995. :Associated Press Sports Editors, second place, investigative reporting, 1996. :Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting, 2000. :Winner of the Award for Excellence in Coverage of Youth Sports, 2010. ''Play Their Hearts Out'' :Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, 2011. ''Play Their Hearts Out'' ;Career :Los Angeles Times, staff writer, Sports section, 1995–1997. :St. Paul Pioneer Press, staff writer, Sports section, 1997–2000. :Sports Illustrated, senior writer, 2000–2015 ;Works * *

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George Dohrmann's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dohrmann, George 1973 births American sports journalists American male non-fiction writers Living people University of Notre Dame alumni Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting winners Writers from Stockton, California University of San Francisco alumni Journalists from California St. Paul Pioneer Press people

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