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Mr. Leonard Shapiro is a sports columnist specializing in coverage of the NFL and golf for the Washington Post--which he initially joined in 1970--and is a contributing writer at Golf Magazine. Previously, Shapiro worked with the Washington Post as a beat reporter covering the Redskins and as a sports editor.[CR-LF][CR-LF]He additionally reported for the Columbia Daily Tribune. His freelance work, meanwhile, has appeared in such publications as Pro Football Weekly, The Sporting News, Inside Sports, and Reader's Digest. Besides his contributions to the Washington Post and other media outlets, he is a published author on sports trivia, college recruiting, and athletes. [CR-LF][CR-LF]He authored "Big Man on Campus" about former Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson, co-wrote "Athletes for Sale," ghostwrote Sam Huff's autobiography "Tough Stuff," and compiled Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys trivia books. Shapiro--a member of the selection committee for the Football Hall of Fame--has won awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Newspaper Guild, and the Golf Writers Association of America.[CR-LF][CR-LF]The married father of three received his bacehelor's degree in journalism and political science from the University of Wisconsin in 1968 and completed his master's degree in political reporting at the University of Missouri.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Shapiro can also be reached at badgerlen@aol.com.

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