Born in
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Edes moved with his family to nearby
Lunenburg in 1963, graduating from
Lunenburg High School in 1972. His interest in sportswriting began in high school, when he served as a stringer for the
Fitchburg Sentinel,
Leominster Enterprise and
Worcester Telegram, reporting on high school sports and men’s softball leagues. In the fall of 1972, in his first month at
North Park College (now University), Edes was hired as a copy clerk by the
Chicago Tribune, and in 1976, just two classes shy of graduation, he was hired as a copy editor by the
Tribune, joining the sports department. Edes finished his education by taking two online courses in the summer of 2019 and was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree in history by North Park. At 25, Edes was hired as a full-time reporter by the
Los Angeles Times in 1980, starting as a beat reporter assigned to the
Los Angeles Kings of the NHL. In his nearly nine years at the
Times, Edes was a beat reporter for the NFL’s
Rams (1982), MLB’s
Dodgers (1983-86, ‘89) and
Lakers (1986-88), one of the few reporters to serve as a beat reporter in all four sports. He also covered Winter Olympics in
Sarajevo in 1984, and
Calgary in 1988. Edes also worked for the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1989),
National Sports Daily (1990-91),
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (1991-96) and
Globe (1996-2008), in addition to
Yahoo! (2008-9) and ESPN (2009-2015). He wrote a column for the
Sun-Sentinel and the Sunday Baseball Notes and On Baseball columns for the
Globe. Edes has been voted a top 10 finalist 10 times in the
Associated Press Sports Editors annual contest writing, across Game Story, Project Reporting, Breaking News, Explanatory, Enterprise, Features, News and Investigative categories. He has covered 24
World Series, four
Super Bowls, two Olympics, two
Stanley Cup Finals, two
NBA Finals, a Canada Cup, and
Orange Bowl and
Rose Bowl games. Assignments have taken him beyond the U.S. and Canada to The Netherlands, Austria, Bulgaria, Cuba, Yugoslavia, Japan, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Edes also made regular television appearances on ESPN,
NESN, and local media outlets in south Florida and Boston, including a weekly appearance on “Sunday Night Sports Final” on WBZ-TV in Boston, with Bob Lobel, Dan Roche and Steve Burton. He also made numerous radio appearances on stations throughout New England, moderated five panels at the Massachusetts Historical Society, and in 2020 served as host on "The Great Fenway Park Writers Series" originated by the late George Mitrovich. ==References==