Greg Baum Chief Sports Columnist, Associate Editor with The Age

In  an outstanding   career starting with a suburban  newspaper  he   then   joined    The Sun  a major newspaper in Melbourne becoming a sub- editor  at the age of 20   . He ultimately  became a full – time  sportswriter for that paper , including  ghosting a column for former footballer Lou Richards .  In 1989   he was offered a job  by the Age  the Sun’s  main rival   and  has remained there ever since     He  has received  a number of awards for his work including the prestigious  Walkley  Award  in 2008.

He has also contributed along the way  to The Guardian, Wisden Cricket  Almanack , ABC  and several magazines. Throughout  his career  Baum has attended a phenomenal amount of major  sporting events ( four summer Olympics, three Winter Olympics, nearly 40  grand finals , been on  two   Ashes tours, to two World Cups  and two  soccer World Cups , to be exact).

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