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Jeff Rivers

Assistant Night Coordinator | Sports
Phone: 612-673-7928

Jeff Rivers is an assistant night sports section coordinator. He has worked at the Star Tribune the past 20 years, working in my present role for most of the past 16. He is in charge of assigning stories to the copy desk, reading those stories, headline and cutlines and making sure deadlines are made. 


Previous to being at the Star Tribune Rivers worked at the Lansing (Michigan) State Journal, first as a copy editor, then as the assistant sports editor and finally as the sports editor for three years. He also worked at the Winona Daily News, the Ottumwa (Iowa) Courier and the Decatur (Illinois) Herald & Review. A native of Winona, RIvers is a Winona Cotter High School and St. Mary's (Winona) University graduate.
Recent content from Jeff Rivers

3 Minnesota teams vie for top 4 seeds

St. Cloud State, Minnesota State and UMD are favored to lead NCAA hockey field.
Kevin Harvick celebrates in Victory Lane with his crew after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Avondale, Ariz.

Kevin Harvick wins second straight Sprint Cup victory at Phoenix

Joel Rosario rides Orb, reacts after winning the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Matt Sloc

Winning jockey's hot streak hits peak of