Stephen Holder covers the Bucs and NFL for the Times. He joined the paper in 2005 after working since his sophomore year in college at his hometown paper — the Miami Herald — for which he wrote his first published article. While that "story" certainly wasn't award-winning, somehow editors kept trusting him to cover the biggest events in sports, including big-time bowl games, Super Bowls and NBA championships.

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