Candice Crawford, Scott Reister Join Midwest Sports Fans as Featured Authors

Dallas, TX, January 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Midwest Sports Fans, one of the fastest-growing sports blogs on the Internet, has announced the addition of two experienced sports reporters to its writing staff. Candice Crawford and Scott Reister joined Midwest Sports Fans in January of 2009 to contribute a regular weekly column.

Candice Crawford is a journalism major at the University of Missouri and a reporter for KOMU-TV in Columbia, MO. She has also worked as an intern for the Dallas Cowboys, hosted “The Blitz” on the CBS affiliate in Dallas, and was crowned Miss Missouri 2008. Ms. Crawford’s weekly column is entitled “From the Sideline”, and her first two articles have broken down the hiring of Scott Pioli as GM by the Kansas City Chiefs and the immediate decisions Pioli faces.

Scott Reister is the sports director at KNDU-TV, an NBC affiliate in Washington. Mr. Reister is an experienced sideline reporter and a 2007 Society of Professional Journalists Award Winner. His weekly column is entitled “The Anchor’s Desk”, and his first article detailed the University of Texas Longhorn’s domination of collegiate merchandising nationwide.

“We are obviously ecstatic to add two writers with the credentials and talent of Candice Crawford and Scott Reister,” said Midwest Sports Fans founder and editor Jerod Morris. “Our goal is to consistently provide a wide variety of informative, engaging, and entertaining content to our readers. The addition of Candice and Scott to the team will greatly enhance our ability to do so moving forward.”

Midwest Sports Fans was founded in August of 2008 and has quickly grown to traffic levels over 60,000 unique visitors per month. The blog boasts over 15 volunteer writers in addition to three featured authors. Sports fans interested in writing for Midwest Sports Fans are encouraged to email jerod@midwestsportsfans.com or visit MidwestSportsFans.com.

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