Charles Patrick Pierce[2] (born December 28, 1953) is an American sportswriter, political blogger, liberal pundit,[3] author, and game show panelist.

[1] He graduated from St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts,[5] and from Marquette University in Journalism ('75).

[10][11] He has also written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe Sunday magazine, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Sports Illustrated, The National Sports Daily, GQ, and the e-zine Slate as well as the Media Matters blog Altercation, hosted by historian/pundit Eric Alterman.

Recently Pierce has begun making weekly appearances on the Stephanie Miller Show.

"[1] He was awarded third place in the Pro Basketball Writers Association Dan S. Blumenthal Memorial Writing Contest.