Kevin Blackistone

Kevin Blackistone is an American sports journalist and professor for Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, as well as a frequent panelist for ESPN's Around the Horn. On radio, he appears as a frequent guest co-host on the Sports Reporters on DC's ESPN980. From 2003 up until Around the Horn's conclusion in 2025 Blackistone had 386 wins when he was on the show. He has also hosted some episodes of Pardon the Interruption when Tony Kornheiser or Michael Wilbon were not in. Blackistone's reporting focuses primarily on the intersection of sports, race, and politics.