Thomas Boswell
Washington, D.C.
Sports columnist
Education: Amherst College, BA in English literature
Tom Boswell was a Washington Post sports columnist from 1984 until retiring in 2021. He started at The Post in 1969 as a copy aide, and he spent 12 years as a general-assignment reporter, covering baseball, golf, college basketball, tennis, boxing and local high school sports.
Tom graduated from Amherst College in 1969 with a major in English literature. He was born in Washington, D.C., and went to St. Stephen's School in Alexandria, Va.
He has written many books, including “Game Day,” “The Heart of the Order,” “Strokes of Genius,” “Why Time Begins on Opening Day” and “How Life Imitates the
