![]() In 1989, he began a 29-year stint with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he covered various sports teams in the city, including the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons. Out of college at California State University, Long Beach, he worked at the Los Angeles Daily News where he worked as a staff writer for four years before transitioning to a senior role at the San Jose Mercury News upstate. The venerated reporter received his start in the industry covering a high school football game for the Santa Monica Evening Outlook. I learned a long time ago that the passion of sports fans cuts both ways and that should never be squashed. ![]() “And to you, the readers, from those who followed me from a newspaper to a website, to even those who I think was always out to get your favorite team or athlete, thank you. The job has been great,” Jeff Schultz wrote. Within the piece, he explained how it is likely his final column anywhere, although he has learned “never to say never in sports, or in life.” At this time though, he feels he is making the right decision and following through on something he considered since the end of 2021 when his contract with The Athletic was expiring. ![]() After a 42-year career in sports journalism, Jeff Schultz has announced his retirement from the medium, revealing the news in his final column penned for The Athletic published on Wednesday morning.
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