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Chipster in Beijing

Sean Jensen is a sports reporter for the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press. He is pictured here outside the Beijing National Stadium or “Bird’s Nest,” the site of the 2008 Olympics. Jensen is covering his second Olympics for the paper. He has covered the Minnesota Vikings since joining the paper in September 1999, after having spent one year covering the Green Bay Packers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Jensen also is the Vikings correspondent for Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly and Minnesota Public Radio. He is a frequent radio and television guest, making appearances on ESPN’s "SportsCenter" and "Outside the Lines." And he has had bylines in GQ, ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Men’s Health and BET.com. A Chips Quinn Scholar in 1996 at The Tennessean in Nashville, he is a graduate of Northwestern University. Reach him at sjensen@pioneerpress.com.