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Michael Wilbon

Facts of Michael Wilbon

Date of Birth: 1958 , November-19
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 6 Feet 2 Inch

Quick Timeline of Michael Wilbon

1958 Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States
1997 Married to Sheryl Wilbon
2008 Child Matthew Raymond Wilbon
1980 Began his career in Washington Post
1990 Promoted as Columnist
1976 Graduated from St Ignatius College Preparatory School
2001 Top sports columnist
2013 Guest at White House
2010 Joined ESPN
2008 Had a Heart attack

Detail Timeline of Michael Wilbon

November 19 , 1958

Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States

He was born on November 19, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. There is no information about his parents and about his childhood days. He is American and is of white ethnicity. He is six feel and two inches tall with average weight.

1997

Married to Sheryl Wilbon

He is a married man. He got married in 1997 and his loving spouse name is Sheryl Wilbon. The couple is still together and happy of being each other loving spouse. Their relation is based on full of trust and understanding.

 

March 26 , 2008

Child Matthew Raymond Wilbon

They have a child named Matthew Raymond Wilbon who was born on 26 March 2008. The child was born via surrogate and that child was their cute little son. They all live together in Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

 

1980

Began his career in Washington Post

After internship at the newspaper for some years, he began his career in Washington Post in 1980. Before 1990, he covered several sports news such as college sports, Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association.

1990

Promoted as Columnist

He was promoted to full time columnist in the Washington Post and that was in year 1990. In his column, he discussed more about the culture of sports as the action on the court or field and used to publish four times in a week.

1976

Graduated from St Ignatius College Preparatory School

He graduated from St. Ignatius College Preparatory School and that was in the year 1976. He also earned degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1980 and later served as trustee in that University. 

2001

Top sports columnist

The talented commentator and columnist Michael Wilbon gained the title of "Top Sports Columnist" and that was in 2001. He earned that title from the society of Professional Journalist. At that time, he was the columnist of the Washington Post.

July 12 , 2013

Guest at White House

He was guest at White House on 12 July, 2013 Kornheiser and Tony Reali. They met President Barack Obama in the Oval Office after they had lunch. It was such a great honor for him to visit with President.

December 7 , 2010

Joined ESPN

He wrote his last column for the Washington Post and joined ESPN on 7 December, 2010. He left there to be a full time employee of ESPN. He is still working for ESPN as an as an analyst and has co-hosted Pardon the Interruption on ESPN.

January 27 , 2008

Had a Heart attack

He had suffered from heart attack on 27 January, 2008.  After that attack, he was taken to a Scottsdale hospital.  The doctors performed an angioplasty with successfully and blessed him a new life. Currently, he has no any problems related with it.

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He got married in 1997. His wife's good name is Sheryl Wilbon. They have one child named Matthew Raymond Wilbon via surrogate on March 26, 2008. The couple is still together and happy of being each other loving spouse. Besides this, there is no information about his love affairs and girlfriend.

He graduated from St. Ignatius College Preparatory School in 1976. He also earned degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1980. In 2001, he gained the title of top sports columnist from the society of Professional Journalists. His salary is 4 million dollar per year and his net worth is 12 million dollars.

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