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Zach Lowe (b. 1977) is an American sportswriter and blogger.
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Education
Lowe is an alumnus of Greenwich High School and is a 1999 graduate of Dartmouth College. He spent two years teaching at Cresskill High School before pursuing a MA in U.S. History at William & Mary and a MS in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Career
For nearly four years, beginning in August 2004, Lowe worked as a crime and government reporter for his home-area Stamford Advocate; then spent two years with The American Lawyer during which time he also wrote for CelticsHub.Com. Lowe claims his approach to sports-writing is owed to Rob Neyer and John Hollinger, but attributes his journalism skills to his beat-writer days.
In 2010 he started running the "Point Forward" NBA column-blog on Sports Illustrated. In 2012, Lowe was hired by Bill Simmons to join Grantland as an NBA analyst. In 2015, after the closing of Grantland, his contract was picked-up by Grantland's parent company, ESPN. In 2016, Lowe was pursued by Bleacher Report but ultimately re-signed with ESPN on a multi-year contract.
Lowe hosts a weekly podcast called "The Lowe Post", which features mainly casual chats with other sports journalists about the NBA.
Lowe moderated the 2016 Basketball Analytics panel of the MIT-Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.
Writing style
Lowe is known for his detailed posts on basketball, use of video clips, and clear writing style. He has cited his early career work as a court reporter for his style.
In 2013, Will Leitch called Lowe "one of the best basketball writers working right now" and "certainly the most interesting." Josh Levin, writing in Slate, called Lowe "America's best sports writer."