Richard Deitsch
Richard Deitsch is an American sportswriter. He wrote for Sports Illustrated from 1997 until 2018. Currently, he writes for the online publication The Athletic and is a radio host in Toronto.
Deitsch has a B.A. in communications and political science from the University at Buffalo and an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is currently an adjunct professor at Columbia.
During the 2008-09 academic year, he was at the University of Michigan, studying as a Knight-Wallace Fellow. While there, he examined the intersection of 20-somethings and the sports blogosphere.
On February 22, 2018, it was announced that Deitsch would be a regular co-host for Toronto radio station CJCL's drive-time show Prime Time Sports.
