Mike Lupica
Mike Lupica is one of the most prominent sports writers in America. His
longevity at the top of his field is based on his experience and insider's
knowledge, coupled with a provocative presentation that takes an uncompromising
look at the tumultuous world of professional sports. Today he is a syndicated
columnist for the New York Daily News, which includes his popular
"Shooting from the Lip" column, which appears every Sunday.
He began his newspaper career covering the New
York Knicks for the New York Post at age 23. He became the youngest columnist
ever at a New York paper with the New York Daily News, which he joined
in 1977. For more than 30 years, Lupica has added magazines, novels, sports
biographies, other non-fiction books on sports, as well as television to his
professional resume. For the past fifteen years, he has been a TV anchor for
ESPN's The Sports Reporters. He also hosted his own program, The
Mike Lupica Show on ESPN2.
In 1987, Lupica launched "The Sporting
Life" column in Esquire magazine.
He has received numerous honors, including the 2003 Jim Murray Award
from the National Football Foundation.
Mike Lupica co-wrote autobiographies with
Reggie Jackson and Bill Parcells, collaborated with noted author and
screenwriter, William Goldman on Wait 'Till Next Year, and wrote
The Summer of '98, Mad as Hell: How Sports Got Away from the Fans and How We
Get It Back and Shooting From the Lip, a collection of columns. In
addition, he has written a number of novels, including Dead Air, Extra
Credits, Limited Partner, Jump, Full Court Press, Red Zone, Too Far and
national bestsellers Wild Pitch and Bump and Run. Dead
Air was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Mystery and
became a CBS television move, "Money, Power, Murder" to which Lupica contributed
the teleplay. Over the years he has been a regular on the CBS Morning News,
Good Morning America and The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour. On the
radio, he has made frequent appearances on Imus in the Morning since
the early 1980s.
His previous young adult novels, Travel
Team, Heat, Miracle on 49th Street, and the summer hit for 2007, Summer
Ball, have shot up the New York Times bestseller list. Lupica is also what
he describes as a "serial Little League coach," a youth basketball coach, and a
soccer coach for his four children, three sons and a daughter. He and his family
live in Connecticut.
-Taken from Mike Lupica's official website
longevity at the top of his field is based on his experience and insider's
knowledge, coupled with a provocative presentation that takes an uncompromising
look at the tumultuous world of professional sports. Today he is a syndicated
columnist for the New York Daily News, which includes his popular
"Shooting from the Lip" column, which appears every Sunday.
He began his newspaper career covering the New
York Knicks for the New York Post at age 23. He became the youngest columnist
ever at a New York paper with the New York Daily News, which he joined
in 1977. For more than 30 years, Lupica has added magazines, novels, sports
biographies, other non-fiction books on sports, as well as television to his
professional resume. For the past fifteen years, he has been a TV anchor for
ESPN's The Sports Reporters. He also hosted his own program, The
Mike Lupica Show on ESPN2.
In 1987, Lupica launched "The Sporting
Life" column in Esquire magazine.
He has received numerous honors, including the 2003 Jim Murray Award
from the National Football Foundation.
Mike Lupica co-wrote autobiographies with
Reggie Jackson and Bill Parcells, collaborated with noted author and
screenwriter, William Goldman on Wait 'Till Next Year, and wrote
The Summer of '98, Mad as Hell: How Sports Got Away from the Fans and How We
Get It Back and Shooting From the Lip, a collection of columns. In
addition, he has written a number of novels, including Dead Air, Extra
Credits, Limited Partner, Jump, Full Court Press, Red Zone, Too Far and
national bestsellers Wild Pitch and Bump and Run. Dead
Air was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Mystery and
became a CBS television move, "Money, Power, Murder" to which Lupica contributed
the teleplay. Over the years he has been a regular on the CBS Morning News,
Good Morning America and The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour. On the
radio, he has made frequent appearances on Imus in the Morning since
the early 1980s.
His previous young adult novels, Travel
Team, Heat, Miracle on 49th Street, and the summer hit for 2007, Summer
Ball, have shot up the New York Times bestseller list. Lupica is also what
he describes as a "serial Little League coach," a youth basketball coach, and a
soccer coach for his four children, three sons and a daughter. He and his family
live in Connecticut.
-Taken from Mike Lupica's official website