Steve Marantz

I am a journalist and podcaster.(stevemarantz.com)

My podcast, "Championship Stories", (championshipseasonpodcast.com) is about famous, infamous, and almost famous champions and their moments in history.

"Citizen Akoy" is about Akoy Agau, a South Sudanese refugee whose love for basketball helped him become the toast of Omaha, Nebraska. It was honored as "Best Nonfiction Immigration Story" for 2020 by Nebraska Center for the Book.

"Next Up at Fenway" is about an innovative high school in Boston and a student, Marcos Baez, who thrived there. It reflects my interests in public education, baseball, and Latino immigration.

"The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central" is a story about social upheaval and basketball at my high school in 1968. I carried it with me for 40 years until it seemed to find closure in politics and cultural evolution.

"Sorcery at Caesars" stems from my coverage of boxing for the Boston Globe from 1979 to 1987. I had a ringside seat to the rivalry between Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvelous Marvin Hagler, whose fight in 1987 is the climax to my story.

All of my writing and podcasting stems from my work as a reporter with the Kansas City Star, Boston Globe and Boston Herald, and as a researcher/producer with ESPN.

Examples of my journalism can be found at stevemarantz.com. Also interviews with more than 100 sports journalists for Sports Media Guide between 2006 and 2014.