Ira Berkow, Author Ivan R. Dee Publisher $26 (289p) ISBN 978-1-56663-689-6
Berkow, sports columnist for the New York Times, begins his memoir with his spring 1939 conception (""It's difficult to picture one's parents in the throes of such private moments, but facts must be countenanced"") and uses his ever-shrinking...
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Ira Berkow, Author Atheneum Books $0 (283p) ISBN 978-0-689-11964-4
This collection of Berkow's New York Times columns and feature stories covering the '80s runs the gamut from a moving account of a retarded boy's adventure at a baseball camp to a hilarious story that demonstrates ex-Knick Bill Bradley's wonderful...
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Ira Berkow, Author Crown Publishers $17.95 (302p) ISBN 978-0-8129-1203-6
New York Times columnist Berkow has written a warm and revealing portrait of one of the finest American sportswriters of the 20th century. Smith knew every major sports personality from Babe Ruth to Muhammad Ali, and the book is full of entertaining
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Ira Berkow, Author Atheneum Books $17.95 (318p) ISBN 978-0-689-11918-7
The 1972 robbery of Manhattan's Hotel Pierre, the most lucrative heist of its kind, was exceptional only for the size of the loot (some $11 million) and the smooth expertise with which it was executed. New York Times columnist Berkow (Red, Carew...
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Ira Berkow, Author Basic Books $23 (320p) ISBN 978-0-465-08495-1
A noted sports editor once observed that every sportswriter is a jock manque; that particular sneaker fits perfectly New York Times columnist Berkow (Red). A high school and college basketball player, he's continued as a cager throughout life,...
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Ira Berkow, Author, Berkow IRA, Author Ivan R. Dee Publisher $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-56663-422-9
Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times sports columnist Ira Berkow gathers some of his best recent reportage in The Minority Quarterback and Other Lives in Sports. His pieces focus on the exploits of everyone from Michael Jordan to high school ...
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