31:
403:
30:
124:
368:
393:
153:
132:
383:
373:
378:
92:
274:
115:, a 2013 book about traumatic brain injury in the National Football League. For his co-reporting with Williams, Fainaru-Wada received a
398:
318:
252:
197:
137:
192:
166:
161:
87:
363:
202:
172:
358:
182:
279:
388:
210:
157:
299:
177:
120:
284:
343:
234:
116:
319:"Mark Fainaru-Wada / Prize-winning sportswriter was always drawn to investigative reporting"
107:
66:
101:
59:
36:
352:
190:
folded in 1991, he freelanced, taught high school
English, and briefly worked at the
142:
112:
96:
235:"Fainaru brothers: ESPN's Redwood alums are decorated journalists working together"
209:
In 1996 he married Nicole Wada, and combined her last name with his. He resides in
149:
180:. He soon returned to the San Francisco Bay Area, writing for the short-lived
339:
148:
Fainaru-Wada was born in Los
Angeles, California, and grew up in
82:
170:
in
Tennessee, covering women's basketball, and moved to the
105:
with
Williams, a 2006 book about the BALCO scandal, and
268:
266:
152:, north of San Francisco. He and his brother attended
196:
before relocating to
Washington D.C. to work for the
51:
43:
21:
81:is an American journalist and writer, working for
404:Redwood High School (Larkspur, California) alumni
85:since 2007. He formerly was a reporter with the
228:
226:
164:, graduating in 1989. He began his career at
8:
125:Dick Schaap Award for Outstanding Journalism
133:PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
127:and Associated Press Sports Editor Award.
29:
18:
47:1964 or 1965 (age 59–60)
253:"Biographies of Williams, Fainaru-Wada"
222:
213:with his wife, and has two children.
7:
206:in 1997, and the Chronicle in 2000.
317:Sward, Susan (September 22, 2006).
141:documentary, which received a 2013
369:American investigative journalists
233:Menicutch, Tim (August 30, 2016).
14:
394:20th-century American journalists
298:Wright, Gordon (February 2012).
384:Northwestern University alumni
374:San Francisco Chronicle people
111:, co-written with his brother
95:achieved fame in covering the
1:
379:Sportswriters from California
273:Strupp, Joe (July 1, 2006).
198:Scripps Howard News Service
131:earned Fainaru-Wada a 2014
420:
399:American male journalists
239:Marin Independent Journal
193:Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
135:, and was adapted into a
35:Fainaru-Wada at the 2014
28:
167:Knoxville News-Sentinel
162:Northwestern University
88:San Francisco Chronicle
280:Editor & Publisher
275:"The Brothers Fainaru"
203:San Francisco Examiner
173:Los Angeles Daily News
183:National Sports Daily
176:in 1990 to cover the
99:. He is co-author of
97:BALCO steroid scandal
93:he and Lance Williams
300:"The Brothers Write"
211:Petaluma, California
154:Redwood High School
16:American journalist
178:Los Angeles Angels
121:Edgar A. Poe Award
340:Mark Fainaru-Wada
287:on July 13, 2018.
117:George Polk Award
79:Mark Fainaru-Wada
76:
75:
23:Mark Fainaru-Wada
411:
327:
326:
314:
308:
307:
295:
289:
288:
283:. Archived from
270:
261:
260:
249:
243:
242:
230:
129:League of Denial
108:League of Denial
67:League of Denial
33:
19:
419:
418:
414:
413:
412:
410:
409:
408:
349:
348:
336:
331:
330:
316:
315:
311:
297:
296:
292:
272:
271:
264:
251:
250:
246:
232:
231:
224:
219:
160:. He attended
102:Game of Shadows
72:
60:Game of Shadows
39:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
417:
415:
407:
406:
401:
396:
391:
386:
381:
376:
371:
366:
361:
351:
350:
347:
346:
335:
334:External links
332:
329:
328:
309:
304:Marin Magazine
290:
262:
259:. May 5, 2006.
244:
221:
220:
218:
215:
200:He joined the
74:
73:
71:
70:
63:
55:
53:
49:
48:
45:
41:
40:
37:Peabody Awards
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
416:
405:
402:
400:
397:
395:
392:
390:
387:
385:
382:
380:
377:
375:
372:
370:
367:
365:
364:Living people
362:
360:
357:
356:
354:
345:
341:
338:
337:
333:
324:
320:
313:
310:
305:
301:
294:
291:
286:
282:
281:
276:
269:
267:
263:
258:
254:
248:
245:
240:
236:
229:
227:
223:
216:
214:
212:
207:
205:
204:
199:
195:
194:
189:
185:
184:
179:
175:
174:
169:
168:
163:
159:
155:
151:
146:
144:
143:Peabody Award
140:
139:
134:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
113:Steve Fainaru
110:
109:
104:
103:
98:
94:
90:
89:
84:
80:
69:
68:
64:
62:
61:
57:
56:
54:
52:Notable works
50:
46:
42:
38:
32:
27:
20:
359:1960s births
322:
312:
303:
293:
285:the original
278:
256:
247:
238:
208:
201:
191:
187:
181:
171:
165:
150:Marin County
147:
136:
128:
106:
100:
86:
78:
77:
65:
58:
389:ESPN people
186:. When the
353:Categories
217:References
138:Frontline
158:Larkspur
91:, where
323:SFGate
257:SFGate
188:Daily
344:IMDb
83:ESPN
44:Born
342:at
156:in
355::
321:.
302:.
277:.
265:^
255:.
237:.
225:^
145:.
123:,
119:,
325:.
306:.
241:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.