Gordon Edes

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Gordon Edes (born September 24, 1954, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts) is an American sportswriter with nearly 40 years of experience covering MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL. He began his career in 1976 with the Chicago Tribune, moving up from copy clerk to a sports reporter.

In 1980 he joined the Los Angeles Times as a full-time reporter, covering the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, the NFL’s Rams, MLB’s Dodgers, and the NBA’s Lakers. He also reported from the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo (1984) and Calgary (1988). Edes later worked at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, National Sports Daily, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, and the Boston Globe, before stints with Yahoo! and ESPN.

For nearly five years he served as historian and strategic communications adviser for the Boston Red Sox, a team he had covered for 18 years with the Globe and ESPN. He earned a BA in history from North Park University in 2019 after taking online courses.

Edes has written the Sun-Sentinel’s column and the Boston Globe’s Sunday Baseball Notes and On Baseball. He has been named a top-10 finalist in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest across multiple categories. He has covered 24 World Series, four Super Bowls, two Olympics, two Stanley Cup Finals, and two NBA Finals, and his work has taken him around the world. He has appeared on ESPN and NESN and hosted WBZ-TV programs in Boston, along with radio appearances across New England. In 2020, he hosted The Great Fenway Park Writers Series.