She currently covers the Georgetown Hoyas men's college basketball team for the Washington Post.
Over the course of her career, she has twice been honored as NASCAR's top print journalist with the Russ Catlin Award for Excellence in Motorsports Journalism (1996 and 2003).
Clarke chronicled NASCAR's transition from regional obsession to national phenomenon; while also profiling the sport's dynasties, the Allisons, Pettys and Earnhardts.
Clarke spent four seasons as a Washington Redskins beat writer for The Post, and has written extensively about the Olympics, tennis and college sports.
She is an occasional panelist on Comcast SportsNet’s Washington Post Live, an interactive sports roundtable covering the stories, trends and topics in the news and on the minds of sports fans throughout the Mid-Atlantic area.