William Mark Pennington (born December 12, 1956) is an American journalist, sportswriter and author.
In 2015, Pennington authored The New York Times best seller Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius.
[2] Pennington is a 15-time finalist and seven-time winner of the Associated Press sports editors national writing award, writing stories about overuse injuries in young athletes, unethical medical practices in professional sports, a profile of ski racer Lindsey Vonn and Title IX abuses.
[3] His 2009 series examining the actual monetary value of an NCAA athletic scholarship won a Deadline Club award from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2009.
[4] Raised in central Connecticut, Pennington graduated from Farmington High School and Boston University.