Brendan McEvoy - Contributor

Brendan McEvoy spent five years with Times Community Newspapers, a Reston, Va.-based chain of 18 weekly newspapers covering the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

McEvoy wedged his foot in the door with The Times as the real estate editor before working his way into the sports department. In 2002 he was promoted to sports editor of the flagship paper, The Loudoun Times-Mirror.

He won six Virginia Press Association Awards, including first places for sports writing portfolio and sports news writing. In 2002, his column questioning the partnership of the American Softball Association – the governing body of the U.S. Olympic women's softball team — and Hooters Restaraunts won a national award in the Suburban Newspapers of America contest.