Steve Richardson is the executive director of the Football Writers Association of America and a freelance writer who has been covering college sports since the late 1970s. He is a former writer for the Dallas Morning News and Kansas City Star, is a correspondent for Sports Illustrated, and has written freelance articles for numerous publications, including USA Today. He is the author of A Century of Sports, Cotton Bowl History Vault, Then Osborne Said to Rozier, Then Pinkel Said to Smith, and University of Texas Football Vault. He lives in Dallas, Texas.