A familiar face appeared in the response presented to attendees at the Thursday issue of “Jeopardy” – especially for all USA TODAY Sports attendees.
The $ 600 response, part of the US TODAY 40th anniversary category, was: “The stories of USA TODAY’s Christine Brennan helped this golf club to admit its first members in 2012.”
The question – and here’s a warning, spoiler lip – would be, “What is Augusta?”
Brennan, who has been writing about Augusta National since 1999, wrote a series of columns and one particularly poignant article in 2002. The column sparked a long-standing public debate about the lack of women in the club.
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“As a stubborn journalist – columnist – I’m excited that gender discrimination in golf has finally become a problem,” Brennan told Sports Illustrated in 2003. “It’s a very good dialogue for sport.”
Ten years after this column, Brennan announced that Augusta National accepted its first members in 2012.
Brennan, who joined USA TODAY in 1997, has been awarded three times as one of the Top 10 Sports Columns in the country by the Associated Press Sports Editors and has covered the last 18 Olympic Games – Summer and Winter – for USA TODAY Sports.
Brennan’s previous career stops were the Miami Herald and the Washington Post. She was the first president of the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM).
Brennan is also the author of seven books. Her 2006 sports memoir, Best Place in the House, are the only dad and daughter memoirs written by a sports journalist. Her 1996 national bestseller “Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey into the Secret World of Figure Skating” was named one of the 100 greatest sports books of all time by Sports Illustrated. He is also a commentator for CNN, ABC News, PBS NewsHour, and Morning Edition NPR.
Brennan won the prestigious Red Smith Award in March 2020, awarded annually to someone who has made a significant contribution to sports journalism.
“I’ve been lucky enough to know or work with many Red Smith award winners over the years,” said Brennan after winning the award. “They were my role models, my editors and my mentors, so joining them is very humiliating.”
