Knapp began her journalism career at
The News-Journal in Wilmington, Delaware, covering high school sports. One of her most popular articles at the
Inquirer was published on July 4, 1993, when she wrote about a historic
doubleheader played by the
Philadelphia Phillies which finished at 4:40 in the morning, and interviewed the fans,
umpires, groundskeepers, and the announcer, in addition to the baseball players.
San Francisco Examiner In 1995, Knapp joined the
San Francisco Examiner as a sports columnist, When
Tiger Woods won his first major championship, the
1997 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, she interviewed four African American golfers in their 50s and 60s who watched and celebrated at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex in
Alameda, California, about what his victory meant to them. In 1998, Knapp won two awards in the Associated Press Sports Writers contest, including first place in column writing on topics such as the "anti-gay posturing" of
NFL football player
Reggie White, and the near-disqualification of Canadian snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist
Ross Rebagliati for testing positive for marijuana use. She also won fourth place in the game story category that year, and was a finalist for best feature story. after the staffs of the
Examiner and
Chronicle were combined. As early as 2001, Knapp started expressing concern that cyclist
Lance Armstrong might be taking
performance-enhancing drugs, and drew an angry letter to the editor from Armstrong himself in 2004, denying her allegations. and analyzed the ongoing media "obsession" with his pursuit of an all-time home-run record and induction into the
National Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as the twist and turns of his legal saga. In 2009, Knapp was one of the few American sports journalists who commented on tennis star
Andy Roddick's decision to boycott the
Dubai Tennis Championships and forego defending his title, commending him for taking a stand against the
United Arab Emirates government's refusal to grant a visa to Israeli player
Shahar Pe'er to play in the women's tournament.
The New York Times In 2014, Knapp joined
The New York Times as editor, writing for the foreign and national desks before returning to sports as a senior staff editor. == Other accolades ==