Brendan Prunty

WORK HISTORY

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ABOUT BRENDAN PRUNTY

Combining more than a decade of insight on the front lines as a member of the media with the experience of making an actual impact on the perception of brands, Brendan brings those insights and inner workings to United Entertainment Group (UEG) and Edelman, and its robust and diverse client base. As an award-winning, nationally-recognized writer for the The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Sports Illustrated, Esquire, and the Newark Star-Ledger, he has spent almost two decades reporting from - and chronicling - some of the biggest stories across the sports landscape. He has written from the Super Bowl, World Series, The Masters, Final Four, and Triple Crown races, as well as reported from Ground Zero following the death of Osama Bin Laden; in Baltimore\'s as the city responded to the killing of Freddie Gray; and the golf world\'s reaction to derogatory comments made by presidential candidate, Donald Trump.His work has been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors, as well as twice by the Best American Sports Writing anthology series. His 2023 GOLF.com story was honored as one of the 25 best pieces of the year in “The Year’s Best Sports Writing.” In 2017, his first book, “Basketball’s Game Changers” was published by Lyons Press. He is a voter for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y, and has previously been a voter for the John R. Wooden Award, recognizing the most outstanding players in men\'s and women\'s college basketball.Since joining the world of PR and strategic communications, his clients have spanned the world of sports, entertainment, tech, culture, and lifestyle: BMW, Jordan Brand, Capital One, Samsung, The North Face, New York Road Runners and the TCS New York City Marathon, United States Golf Association (USGA), BIG EAST Conference, Facebook Sports, Bridgestone, Callaway Golf, Golden State Warriors and Chase Center, Olympic champion Katie Ledecky, Brightline, Equinox, NFL Players Association, and the Harlem Globetrotters.