Michael Weinreb

Michael Weinreb is the author of four books, including Season of Saturdays: A History of College Football in 14 Games, which was named one of the best books of 2014 by Newsweek and Quartz.com. He is also the author of The Kings of New York (paperback title: Game of Kings), which won the Quill Award as the Best Sports Book of 2007, was named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com and The Christian Science Monitor, and was a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice; Bigger Than the Game: Bo, Boz, the Punky QB, And How the '80s Created the Modern Athlete; and Girl Boy Etc., a short-story collection. He has been a regular contributor to a number of newspapers, magazines, and websites, including The New York Times, ESPN, GQ, Grantland, Vice, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, and The Ringer. His work has also been anthologized in the Best American Sports Writing collection. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.