Robert Andrew Powell

Robert Andrew Powell is an American journalist and author. He is best known for his writing on sports and food. His sports journalism was included in The Best American Sports Writing, in 1998. He won a James Beard Foundation Award, in 1997, in the "Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes" category.

Powell has written for many publications, including The New York Times, Slate, and Mother Jones. He was a long-time contributor to Miami New Times.