Thanks for stopping by little corner of the Internet. My name is James and I’m proud to be a sports journalist. I graduated from The University of Arizona with a journalism/history degree and a classics minor in 2015. I love history but sports journalism is my passion. I’ve been reading the sports page as long as I can remember and when I was a little kid I would watch cartoons on Saturday mornings and “The Sports Reporters” on ESPN on Sunday mornings.
I’ve written about youth, high school, junior college, NCAA and professional sports. Mostly recently I covered the sports scene in Verde Valley, Ariz. I reported on high school, adult and youth sports; writing stories, taking photos, designing pages and making videos. For the Arizona Daily Star, I covered high school athletics all around Arizona, youth sports, minor and major league soccer, professional hockey, cycling and running. For the Daily Wildcat, I covered nearly every sport, men’s basketball, football, baseball, softball, ice hockey, women’s basketball, indoor volleyball, soccer, gymnastics, men’s tennis and club sports. I’m a Tucson native and Salpointe Catholic High School alumnus.
I love writing and feel like it’s my best skill, but I also love photography, videography, designing and online journalism. I just love to tell stories and inform. It makes my day when something happens like someone asks me for directions and I can help them.
James Kelley 