Ira Berkow

In 2001,
New York Times sports feature
writer-columnist Ira Berkow
won a Pulitzer Prize for national
sports reporting
for his series How Race Is Lived
in America–The Minority
Quarterback, and was a Pulitizer
finalist in 1988 for distinguished
commentary. He has been the only
sportswriter featured
for five decades (since 1969) in the
highly regarded Best
American Sports Writing, and was
featured in David Halberstam’s
1999 edition of The Best American
Sports Writing of
the Century. A NY Times
writer-columnist for 24 years, Berkow
wrote the best-selling book, Hank
Greenberg: The Story
of My Life, which was the
foundation for the year-2000
award-winning documentary film:
The Life & Times of
Hank Greenberg. Among the books
Berkow has authored: Red:
A Biography of Red Smith, Rockin
Steady (Walt Frazier story),
Court Vision, To The Hoop: The
Seasons of a Basketball
Life, The Senator With A Jump
Shot (Bill Bradley story),
The Gospel According to Casey
(Casey Stengel), and The
Minority Quarterback & Other Lives
In Sports (based
upon his Pulitzer Prize winning NY
Times series).