Pete Thamel
Victor Pete Thamel | |
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| Born | 1977 Ware, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Known for | Sports reporting for ESPN, Yahoo Sports, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times |
Victor Pete Thamel (born 1977) is an American journalist specializing in sports, currently working for ESPN. His previous roles include positions at Yahoo Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The New York Times.
Early life
Born in Ware, Massachusetts to Peter V. Thamel, he took on the role of sports editor for his high school newspaper.
He earned his degree in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 1999. While attending Syracuse, he was the sports editor of The Daily Orange for three years. During his college years, notable athletic highlights featured Donovan McNabb as quarterback and Jim Boeheim’s men's basketball team reaching the 1996 national championship.
Career
Following graduation, Thamel began covering college basketball at The Post-Standard based in Syracuse, New York.
In 2003, he joined The New York Times as a national reporter focusing on college sports, a position he held for nine years. He earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination for national reporting in 2006. In 2012, he transitioned to Sports Illustrated as a senior writer with a focus on college football and basketball. By 2017, Thamel had moved to Yahoo Sports, broadening his reporting scope to include both college athletics and the NFL.
He was recruited by ESPN in 2022.
Thamel holds membership in the Football Writers Association of America and has received several FWAA writing honors. His accolades also include multiple Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) awards, such as first place for beat reporting in 2017 and breaking news coverage in 2011. He acknowledges Peter King of Sports Illustrated and Joe Drape of The New York Times as influential mentors.
Personal life
Thamel lives in South Boston and entered into marriage in March 2021.