Patrick Yasinskas

Pat Yasinskas is an award winning writer now in the fifth decade of a career writing about sports on all levels. He previously covered the National Football League for The Tampa Tribune, The Charlotte Observer and ESPN.com and has written numerous freelance stories on all sports for multiple national and regional magazines and newspapers. He's covered 23 Super Bowls, been a member of the Selection Committee for The Pro Football Hall of Fame and co-authored a book on the NFL's Carolina Panthers in 2007. He began his career covering sports in Hernando, Pasco and Citrus counties for The Tampa Tribune while a student at Saint Leo University in the late 1980s. His first full-time job was covering Hernando County sports for The Tampa Tribune from 1990-92. He's thrilled to be back writing about sports in Hernando County, where it all began.