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Michael J. Duarte

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Los Angeles
As seen in: California Post, Medium, MSN, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Aol, NBC News, NBC News Latino, New York Post, Flipboard, Yahoo Sports and
Covers:  Dodgers, Lakers, Rams, USC, World Cup, Olympics, Super Bowl, MLS, etc.
Award winning journalist. Current Senior Sports Reporter for The California Post covering all LA Sports teams. Former: NBC & Newsweek. Born & raised in LA.
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Awards

Southern California Sports Journalist of the Year

2019 - Sports Journalist of the Year

The Los Angeles Press Club's annual Southern California Journalism Awards highest honor for a sports journalist.

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Best Sports News of Feature, Online

2019 - Best Sports News Feature

The Los Angeles Press Club's annual Southern California Journalism Awards. The award of "Best Sports News Feature, Online," goes to the writer of the best sports news feature of that year as voted on by a jury.

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Los Angeles Press Club Award

2026 - Sports Journalist of the Year

Given to the best sports journalist in Southern California.

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Los Angeles Press Club Award

2026 - Best Sports Story of the Year Online or Print

From the judgers: "A great feature story on Shohei Ohtani and his impact with the Dodgers and particularly his performance against Milwaukee in the NLCS in 2025." Given to the sports journalist who wrote the best sports feature of the year for online or print.

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2026 Emmy Nomination

2026 - Best Sports News Story

Nominated for the 2026 LA Area Emmy Awards for Best Sports News Story for the NBC Los Angeles (KNBC) at 6PM broadcast for a story on Wrexham's rise from 5th tier league to one shy of English Premier League.

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