About Mike Christensen

Mike Christensen celebrating the publication of "Of Mudcat, Boo, The Rope and Oil Can".

Mike Christensen celebrating the publication of “Of Mudcat, Boo, The Rope and Oil Can”.

Mike Christensen was born in Illinois and grew up in Augusta, Ga. A graduate of the University of Georgia with a master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, he was a newspaper sports writer/copy editor for 30 years, 26 of which were spent at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. He recently retired from the public relations department of the Mississippi State Hospital. He continues to do freelance sports writing and blogs about baseball at All Mississippi Baseball.