Woody Paige
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Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Paige, Jr. (b. June 27, 1946 at Memphis, Tennessee) is a sports columnist for the Denver Post and a regular panelist on the ESPN sports talk program Around The Horn.
Paige was born in Memphis and attended the University of Tennessee. He joined the Denver Post in 1981. After graduating, he began his career with the Whitehaven Press in 1963, and went on to write for the Knoxville Journal, the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and the Rocky Mountain News.
Paige announced in July 2004, he was taking a one year leave from the Post to join ESPN's Cold Pizza. He will still write a column for the Sunday Post working out of New York City.
His work has appeared in numerous sports magazines and he is also the author of seven sports books.
Paige is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee and is a Baseball Hall of Fame and ESPY Awards voter.