Jeff Pearlman
American sportswriter and author
Jeff Pearlman is an American sportswriter and former Sports Illustrated senior writer. His books on football, baseball and basketball have reached the New York Times best-seller list.
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American Born 1972 in Mahopac, New York, United States
About Jeff Pearlman
Jeff Pearlman was born in Mahopac, New York, in 1972. He was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated and a columnist for ESPN.com, and has also been a staff writer at Newsday and The (Nashville) Tennessean. His books on football, baseball and basketball have made the New York Times best-seller list, and he has also written a biography of Tupac Shakur. Showtime, his account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, later inspired the HBO series Winning Time. His book The Last Folk Hero is part of the BookBits catalog.