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Ira Berkow (Ira Harvey Berkow) was born on 7 January, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American sportswriter. Discover Ira Berkow's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

Popular As Ira Harvey Berkow
Occupation Sportswriter, Biographer
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 7 January, 1940
Birthday 7 January
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1940

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

1981

From 1981 to 2007 he was a sports reporter and columnist for The New York Times and has written for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, Art News, Seventeen, Chicago Magazine, The Chicago Tribune Magazine, National Strategic Forum Review, Reader's Digest, and Sports Illustrated, among others.

1988

He was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1988, "For thoughtful commentary on the sports scene."

2001

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.

Berkow earned his BA in English Literature at Miami University, and his MA from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.

He was a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, a syndicated features writer, sports and general columnist, and sports editor for the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

He shared the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his article "The Minority Quarterback" in The New York Times series How Race Is Lived in America. His work has been reprinted or cited over six decades in the annual anthologies Best Sports Stories and its successor Best American Sports Writing, and a column of his was included in Best American Sports Writing of the Century (1999).

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

2006

In 2006, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

2009

He holds an honorary doctorate degree from Roosevelt University (Chicago), 2009.

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.