John is a correspondent for WORLD. He is a graduate of the World Journalism Institute and the University of Texas at Austin, and he previously wrote for The Birmingham News. John resides in Dallas, Texas.
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Penn State's Joe Paterno is winning again in his 40th season with the Nittany Lions
John Dawson | Texas Minutemen are leading an all-volunteer assault on a migrant wave of crime that border-crossing federal agents can't-or won't-stop
Mark Martin and Rusty Wallace aren't ready to give way to NASCAR's young guns just yet
John Dawson | Strategists worry about how GOP scandals will affect 2006 elections
Golf phenom Michelle Wie has taken the plunge into the professional ranks
Mark Messier retires as one of NHL's greatest scorers, but he was also one of its most prodigious goons
The massive dome in downtown New Orleans will likely be remembered most for its final task
John Dawson | Hurricane Katrina submerges New Orleans, strafes Gulf Coast states, and puts the nation on emergency footing
John Dawson | But the anti-war protests inspired by Cindy Sheehan turned Crawford, Texas, into a war zone
John Dawson | Fueled by pump prices, a growing number of car owners are pushing reluctant auto manufacturers into stealth mode