Evan, 12, and Paul Kolin on
the field at a University of
Michigan game
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Karen Schultz Tarnopol
Special to the Jewish News
T
o say that Evan Kolin likes
sports is like saying Miguel
Cabrera kind of wanted to
win the Triple Crown. He has such
a passion for it, in fact, that this
12-year-old wakes up every day at
6:15 a.m., before school, so he has
time to write a daily post to his sports
blog, www.evenkolin.wordpress.com .
"I want to be a sports reporter
one day for a magazine like Sports
Illustrated:' he says.
Evan, a seventh-grader at Bloomfield
Hills Middle School, writes weekly
highlights, previews, draft picks and
anything else that is relevant in sports
on any given day. "I write whatever I
find interesting:' he says.
He does a lot of research before he
writes, according to his father, Paul
Kolin, who says, "When his Sports
Illustrated comes in the mail. he reads
it from cover to cover; he loves to read,
too:'
A few of his latest articles were
about milestones that certain play-
ers were"chasing" in the NFL such
as Aldon Smith, Calvin Johnson and
Adrian Peterson.
"I have liked writing since third
grade Evan says, recalling a magazine
that he and a friend in Connecticut
wrote on their computer about "a lot
of stuff including video game reviews,
crossword puzzles and a little bit about
sports, but not much:"
The Kolin family, Paul and Deborah,
Evan and Amanda, 10, moved from
Connecticut to Bloomfield Hills in
2010.
Evan's passion for sports really began
to take shape in 2009. "That year we
went to a significant number of New
York Yankee regular season games and
a number of playoff games, including
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the American League Championship
Series and the World Series clincher;
his father says. "We even attended the
Yankee celebration victory parade in
downtown Manhattan."
Since he found his love for the
Yankees and all things sports, Evan
started putting together magazines
about college football and NFL picks.
He also created a draft guide with
suggested picks for the NFL, along with
week-to-week previews similar to that of
Sports Illustrated for the fantasy football
league he and his father participate in.
"I'll be downstairs watching football
for six to seven hours on a Sunday, and
Evan will be upstairs writing for six or
seven:' his dad says. "I am so proud of
how passionate and dedicated he is:'
Not only does Evan enjoy writing
about sports, he also plays basketball
and baseball, along with his share of
sports video games. He even chose
a local sports-related charity for his
mitzvah project for his upcoming bar
mitzvah at Adat Shalom Synagogue this
June.
Last year, he and his father had the
rare opportunity to be present at the
NFL draft in New York and announce
the Lion's fourth-round draft pick,
Ronnelle Lewis, the linebacker from
Oklahoma.
Now that he has lived in Michigan
for a few years, Evan has grown to
love both the University of Michigan
Wolverines and his favorite team, the
Detroit Lions, where he enjoys season
tickets.
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