George Solomon (born c. 1940) is an American journalist who served as a sports editor and columnist at The Washington Post and was the first ombudsman for ESPN.
Pardon the Interruption co-hosts Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser, World Series of Poker announcer Norman Chad, and reporters Rachel Nichols and Ric Bucher all were co-workers of Solomon's during his time at the Post.
Solomon also defended the network's choice of games to broadcast and their coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which was criticized by many soccer fans.
On April 1, 2007, Le Anne Schreiber, a former sports editor of The New York Times, became the new ombudsman for ESPN.
[2] Beginning in 2003, Solomon taught sports journalism classes at the University of Maryland, College Park.