Ira Berkow

Ira Berkow (born January 7, 1940) is an American sports reporter, columnist, and writer.

He shared the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, which was awarded to the staff of The New York Times for their series How Race Is Lived in America.

[6] He shared the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his article "The Minority Quarterback"[7] in The New York Times series How Race Is Lived in America.

The novelist Scott Turow wrote, "Ira Berkow is one of the great American writers, without limitation to the field of sports."

Berkow is the author of 26 books including the Edgar Allan Poe Award nominated non-fiction The Man Who Robbed The Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort and the Biggest Hotel Robbery Ever.