Jay Busbee is a senior writer for Yahoo Sports, where he’s covered the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Masters, the Daytona 500, the Kentucky Derby and, of course, the Iron Bowl. He’s also the host of NASCAR Studios’ “Home Turn” travel/history show, and he writes a weekly Southern culture Substack newsletter, Flashlight & A Biscuit. Jay’s work has been honored by Best American Sports Writing and the Associated Press Sports Editors. He’s the author of multiple books, including Earnhardt Nation, a bestselling biography of NASCAR’s Earnhardt family, and Iron in the Blood, a history of the Auburn-Alabama rivalry. 

A graduate of the College of William & Mary and the writing program at the University of Memphis, he lives in Atlanta with his family and worships at the church of SEC football.

Contact Jay at jay [dot] busbee [at] yahoo.com or find him on all social media at @jaybusbee.