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Michael Lupica
Born (1952-05-11) May 11, 1952 (age 71)
Oneida, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Columnist
  • author
EducationBoston College
SubjectsSports

Michael Lupica (/ˈluːpɪkə/; born May 11, 1952) is an author and former American newspaper columnist, best known for his provocative commentary on sports in the New York Daily News and his appearances on ESPN.

Biography

Lupica was born in

Men’s Journal, and has received numerous awards including, in 2003, the Jim Murray Award from the National Football Foundation.[1]

Daily News columnist

Lupica wrote several sports columns during the week for the Daily News, as well as a signature Sunday column, "Shooting from the Lip," which featured a traditional column followed by a series of short, acerbic observations from the week in sports. Later in his career he began writing a regular political column entitled "Mondays with Mike," which is strongly liberal in orientation. He left the Daily News in July 2018.[2]

Favorite Lupica targets include the

Atlantic Yards project and the attendant construction of the Barclays Center
in Brooklyn.

Author

Lupica co-wrote autobiographies with

Summer of ’98: When Homers Flew, Records Fell, and Baseball Reclaimed America, which detailed how the 1998 and the Mark McGwire/Sammy Sosa home run chase had allowed him to share a love for baseball with his son. Lupica has been listed a vocal critic of the steroid era.[citation needed
]

Lupica is also a novelist; his work includes mysteries involving fictional NYC television reporter Peter Finley. One of them, Dead Air, was nominated for the

Little League
. In October 2006, Lupica's third children's novel, Miracle on 49th Street, was published. Summer Ball, a sequel to Travel Team, was released in 2007.

Television and radio work

Since 1988 Lupica has been one of the rotating pundits on

The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour. Lupica has made frequent radio appearances on Imus in the Morning since the early 1980s.[5] Lupica hosted a daily radio show on WEPN-FM from May 9, 2011, until August 21, 2015.[6][7]

Works

Non-series books

Adult books

  • Reggie! (with Reggie Jackson, 1984)[8]
  • Parcells: An Autobiography of the Biggest Giant of Them All (with Bill Parcells, 1987)[9]
  • Wait 'till Next Year: The Story of a Season When What Should've Happened Didn't and What Could've Gone Wrong Did (with William Goldman, 1988)[10]
  • Shooting From The Lip: Essays, Columns, Quips, and Gripes in the Grand Tradition of Dyspeptic Sports Writing (1988)[11]
  • Jump! (1995)[12]
  • Mad as Hell: How Sports Got Away from the Fans and How We Get It Back (1996)[13]
  • Summer of '98: When Homers Flew, Records Fell, and Baseball Reclaimed America (1999)[14]
  • Yankees '98: Best Ever! (a compendium of Daily News coverage, 1999)
  • Bump and Run (2000)[15]
  • Full Court Press (2001)[16]
  • Wild Pitch (2002)[17]
  • Red Zone (2003)[18]
  • Too Far (2004)[19]
  • Best American Sports Writing 2005 (edited by; 2005)[20]
  • Fathers & Sons & Sports: An Anthology of Great American Sports Writing (2008)[21]

Young adult books

Series

Adult series

Peter Finley series
  • Dead Air (1986)[35]
  • Extra Credits (1990)[36]
  • Limited Partner (1990)[37]

Young adult series

Comeback Kids series
Game Changers series
  • Game Changers (2012)[43]
  • Play Makers (2013)[44]
  • Heavy Hitters (2014)[45]

Zach and Zoe mystery series

  • The Hockey Rink Hunt[46]
Related books

References

  1. ^ a b Speaker Page: Mike Lupica Archived October 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine from Greater Talent Network.
  2. ^ Early Lead: Mike Lupica is leaving the New York Daily News to write detective novelsby Matt Bonesteel. The Washington Post. August 17, 2018 [1]
  3. ^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  4. ^ The Sports Reporters Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on TV.com.
  5. ^ "Press release" Archived November 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine from Boats, Books, and Brushes, May 19, 2003
  6. ^ "Mike Lupica no longer on ESPN New York Radio". Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  7. ^ "ESPN Radio shakes up mid-day lineup". New York Daily News. August 25, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
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