Baxter Holmes is a Senior Writer for ESPN, where he’s worked since the fall of 2014. He focuses on in-depth projects, features and investigations around the NBA. Prior to joining ESPN, Holmes worked as a sports reporter for The Boston Globe and The Los Angeles Times. He is the first sports media person to win a James Beard Foundation Award, for his 2018 ESPN The Magazine feature on the NBA's obsession with PB&J. He has also won a New York Press Club award for Food Writing, been short-been short-listed for a Louis Roederer International Wine Writing Award and been featured in The Best American Food Writing series. He attended the University of Oklahoma and grew up in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma.