Jennifer Frey
Born(1968-05-23)May 23, 1968
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedMarch 26, 2016(2016-03-26) (aged 47)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
OccupationJournalist
Alma materHarvard University
GenreSports
Years active1992–2016
Children1

Jennifer Marie Frey[1] (May 23, 1968 – March 26, 2016) was an American sportswriter.

Biography

Frey was born in St. Louis and grew up in Allegany, New York,[2] the child of a professor and a schoolteacher. She attended Allegany Central School and as a sophomore began interning for the Olean Times Herald.[1] She went to college at Harvard University.[3]

After college, Frey interned at the Detroit Free Press, then the Miami Herald. She went on to write for the Philadelphia Daily News and The New York Times. When interning in Detroit, she once approached baseballer Jack Morris for a clubhouse interview and he responded by stating "I don't talk to women when I'm naked unless they're on top of me or I'm on top of them," The remark further attracted criticism when team president Bo Schembechler called it a predictable remark.[4]

In 1995, she joined The Washington Post, writing for the sports page, then the style section.[4] Writing of Frey in 1997, David Carr called her "a certified prodigy who can do it all: X's and O's, empathetic profiles, and hard takedowns when the situation requires it."[5]

A single mother, Frey had one daughter.[1] Frey was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.[1]

Frey died of organ failure due to alcoholism on March 26, 2016, at the age of 47.[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Pollock, Chuck (October 29, 2016). "Deadspin's story on Frey's death sensitively written". Olean Times Herald. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  2. ^ a b "Jennifer Frey, former writer for The Washington Post, dies at 47". Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ a b McKenna, Dave (October 27, 2016). "The Writer Who Was Too Strong To Live". Deadspin. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b Langer, Emily (March 28, 2016). "Jennifer Frey, former writer for The Post's Sports and Style pages, dies at 47". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. ^ Carr, David (October 17, 1997). "Blood Sport". Washington City Paper. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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