Background
Berkow, Ira Harvey was born on January 7, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harold Grosswald and Shirley (Halperin) Berkow.
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Carew
(Book by Rod Carew, Ira Berkow)
Book by Rod Carew, Ira Berkow
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Full Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer's Life
(It was a long way from the gritty streets of Springfield ...)
It was a long way from the gritty streets of Springfield Avenue on Chicago's West Side, and hawking stockings in the old Maxwell Street marketplace, to a position as sports columnist and feature writer for the New York Times, and a share in the Pulitzer Prize. But Ira Berkow made that improbable journey. In this joyful, moving, and often funny memoir, he describes how he climbed up to become not just a sportswriter but a writer. His early years were not exactly promising. For someone who suffered through poor grades in high school and flunked out of his first crack at college in his first semester, it was a revelation to discover as a junior in college that he had a passion for writing. He pursued it with determination and became one of America's most thoughtful writers on sports, a man interested as much in the people who play the games as in the scores and statistics. His father had not a little to do with forming Mr. Berkow's character and his concern for matters like truth and justice. But there were others who pitched in to help suggest a path for a young man who wasn't always sure what he wanted to do with his life. Like the great sports columnist Red Smith, a mentor who took the time to critique a young writer's efforts; and Red Holzman, the Hall of Fame coach of the New York Knicks, who inspired Mr. Berkow as well as his players. Add E. B. White, Muhammad Ali, Saul Bellow, Mike Royko, Ted Williams, P. G. Wodehouse, Michael Jordan―the cast of characters in Full Swing is as broad as Mr. Berkow's interests and as instructive as a day at training camp. This is a writer's memoir with the warts as well as the wows, and with all the intelligence and charm that readers of Mr. Berkow have grown accustomed to. With 12 black-and-white photographs.
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The Man Who Robbed the Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort
( Bobby Comfort wanted to be a good something. He turned ...)
Bobby Comfort wanted to be a good something. He turned out to be a great criminal. January 2, 1972: Men in tuxedos rob the Pierre, a New York hotel. They get away with $11 million worth of cash and jewelry. The police are baffled by how large-scale a heist could go off so smoothly. The answer was in the leader of the thieves, a man by the name of Bobby Comfort. Comfort took to crime from a young age, card sharping, petty theft, and eventually robbery. Taking money from the rich, though, was where he excelled. Like Robin Hood (only keeping the loot himself), Comfort masterminded what was, at the time, the most lucrative heist in history. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Berkow chronicles the crime, using first-hand accounts to weave together a ripping cops-and-robbers yarn, and a portrait of a truly American rogue.
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To the Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life
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Oscar Robertson: The Golden Year, 1964
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By Hank Greenberg - Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life
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The Gospel According to Casey by Ira Berkow, Jim Kaplan (2015) Paperback
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To the Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life by Berkow, Ira (2003) Paperback
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The Man Who Robbed The Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort and the Biggest Hotel Robbery Ever
(Book by Ira Berkow)
Book by Ira Berkow
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Carew (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
( When Rod Carew retired in 1985, following twelve season...)
When Rod Carew retired in 1985, following twelve seasons with the Minnesota Twins and seven with the California Angels, he had amassed seven batting titles, more than three thousand hits, and eighteen All-Star selections and was considered one of the best pure hitters to ever play the game. While his baseball career is well documented—Rookie of the Year in 1967 and a first-ballot Hall of Fame selection in 1991—this compelling chronicle of Carew’s life extends far beyond the baseball diamond. Carew is the candid autobiography of a baseball legend—from his years growing up in a segregated barrio in Panama to his move to Harlem at the age of fourteen, from the sandlots of the Bronx to the highest ranks of major league stardom. Working with noted New York Times sportswriter Ira Berkow, Carew writes memorably of his baseball career and his philosophy and approach to hitting—including his historic quest as a Minnesota Twin in 1977 for the first .400 season since 1941—but he also deals frankly with his early poverty, an unhappy relationship with an abusive father, and the racial discrimination that became more pronounced due to fame and an interracial marriage. First published in 1979, this new edition has a foreword by All-Star center fielder Torii Hunter and a new afterword by Carew covering the end of his baseball career and his post-baseball life—notably his induction into the Hall of Fame, his years as a hitting instructor, and the tragic loss of his daughter Michelle to leukemia. Carew is a forthright and fascinating account, revealing the public and private stories that illuminate one of baseball’s greatest and most respected players.
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The Minority Quarterback: And Other Lives in Sports
("If there's anyone doing sports who is even close, I have...)
"If there's anyone doing sports who is even close, I haven't read him."―Mike Royko. Ira Berkow's stories in the sports pages of the New York Times transcend what we know as "sportswriting." Mr. Berkow has a clear understanding of the games he reports, but he also has a sharp eye for the lives of the players, an appreciation of the larger social context, and–not least–an affinity for the well-turned phrase. The Minority Quarterback contains thirty-eight examples of his craft. His subjects have often been touched, transformed, enriched, or, in some cases, destroyed by circumstances that may have nothing to do with their sports connection. The centerpiece of the book is Mr. Berkow's widely admired story of a white quarterback who chose to play football at an all-black college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and what happened to him. Like most of his stories, it offers a surprising perspective and is certain to provoke. But Mr. Berkow can also capture the playfulness of Muhammad Ali, the dignity of Arthur Ashe, the intensity of Michael Jordan, or the buffoonery of Marge Schott. He can report engagingly on lunch at Lutéce with Chuck Norris, or describe the carnival atmosphere of Jake La Motta's wedding in Las Vegas. The Minority Quarterback is a book for anyone who loves good writing; for sports lovers especially, these pieces are candy treats–but without soft centers.
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The Gospel According to Casey
(Casey Stengel was not only one of the greatest showmen an...)
Casey Stengel was not only one of the greatest showmen and characters in the history of baseball, he was also one of the most brilliant managers and teachers the game has even known. GOSPEL is a treatise on Stengel's "amazin" managerial skills. Chapters cover his views and strategies on managing, pitching, fielding, batting, and base running; his attitudes about ballplayer egos, on race, his all-time teams; and his surrealistic testimony before the US Senate in 1958. But as informative as the book is, it is far more funny. Included are dozens of stories about Stengel from his teammates, and dozens more by the Ol' Perfesser himself. And the 30-page "Discourse on Stengelese" is the biggest collection of language- and mind-bending Caseyisms ever assembled. For the unconverted and true believers alike, GOSPEL is a classic book about an American treasure.
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Red: A Biography of Red Smith, The Life & Times of a Great American Writer
( In Red, the personality, career, and world of one of Am...)
In Red, the personality, career, and world of one of America's best writers and most honored sports journalists are brought warmly to life. From Red Smith’s first story for the Milwaukee Sentinel in 1927 to his last column for the New York Times five days before his death in 1982, his inimitable style graced the country’s sports pages for over half a century. Even in his earliest column, his writing showed evidence of the wit, clarity, and eloquence that would become his hallmarks. In 1976 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. The people who appear throughout Red comprise a distinguished twentieth-century hall of fame: Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Joe Louis, Ernest Hemingway, Grantland Rice, Ring Lardner, and Damon Runyon. A biography of one of this country’s finest writers, Red is also American history of a rich and lasting sort.
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How to Talk Jewish
( Jackie Mason has built his Tony Award-winning career ou...)
Jackie Mason has built his Tony Award-winning career out of the culture and language of Jewish people, so who better to instruct the unindoctrinated in the joys of Yiddish? How to Talk Jewish, a guide to 100 Yiddish words, phrases, and expressions, includes pronunciations, definitions, and examples of usage, along with Jackie's incomparable wit. Is your blind date haimish? Uh oh. A zhlub, worse. A doctor? The naches are almost inexpressible! Jackie Mason brings all the vivacity, spunk, and chutzpah of Yiddish to the tongues of the less fortunate. Don't be a meshugenner, buy it already!
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Red: A Biography of Red Smith by Berkow, Ira (2007) Paperback
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The Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel's Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball Book
(A baseball manager for over 30 years, Stengel is best kno...)
A baseball manager for over 30 years, Stengel is best known for his convoluted, yet insightful, comments about players and the game. Here, for the first time, is the collected wisdom of Stengel and reflections from his former players--all in one of the most accessible treatises ever written on baseball. Over 30 rare photographs.
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The DuSable Panthers: The greatest, blackest, saddest team from the meanest street in Chicago
(An account of the 1954 Illinois High School State Champio...)
An account of the 1954 Illinois High School State Championship basketball game between the DuSable Panthers, the first all-black team to make the finals, and a team from Mount Vernon High School.
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The Man Who Robbed the Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort by Ira Berkow (1-Jul-1987) Hardcover
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Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar
(Hardcover, DJ with edge wear ans a tear near spine, owner...)
Hardcover, DJ with edge wear ans a tear near spine, owner name in front cover, pages good
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The Man Who Robbed the Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort & the Biggest Hotel Ro
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- Oscar Robertson the Golden Year
- How to Talk Jewish by Jackie Mason (1991-11-15)
- Red: A Biography of Red Smith, The Life & Times of a Great American Writer by Ira Berkow (1986-05-12) (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
- To the Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life by Ira Berkow (2003-12-16)
- The Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel's Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball Book (A collection of the wisdom of baseball's Casey Steng...)
- Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life (This autobiography of Hank Greenberg tells of one of the ...)
- The Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel's Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball Book by Ira Berkow (1992-02-03)
Ira Harvey Berkow
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1963. Master of Science in Journalism, Northwestern University, 1964.
Career
Reporter, Minneapolis Tribune, 1965-1967; sports columnist, sports editor, Newspaper Enterprise Association, New York City, 1967-1976; sports columnist, feature writer, New York Times, New York City, since 1981.
Works
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How to Talk Jewish
( Jackie Mason has built his Tony Award-winning career ou...)
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Carew (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
( When Rod Carew retired in 1985, following twelve season...)
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Full Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer's Life
(It was a long way from the gritty streets of Springfield ...)
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The Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel's Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball Book
(A collection of the wisdom of baseball's Casey Stengel fe...)
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The DuSable Panthers: The greatest, blackest, saddest team from the meanest street in Chicago
(An account of the 1954 Illinois High School State Champio...)
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The Gospel According to Casey
(Casey Stengel was not only one of the greatest showmen an...)
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Red: A Biography of Red Smith, The Life & Times of a Great American Writer
( In Red, the personality, career, and world of one of Am...)
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The Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel's Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball Book
(A baseball manager for over 30 years, Stengel is best kno...)
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Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life
( This autobiography of Hank Greenberg tells of one of th...)
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Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar
(Hardcover, DJ with edge wear ans a tear near spine, owner...)
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The Minority Quarterback: And Other Lives in Sports
("If there's anyone doing sports who is even close, I have...)
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The Man Who Robbed the Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort
( Bobby Comfort wanted to be a good something. He turned ...)
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Carew
(Book by Rod Carew, Ira Berkow)
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Red: A Biography of Red Smith, The Life & Times of a Great American Writer by Ira Berkow (1986-05-12)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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The Man Who Robbed The Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort and the Biggest Hotel Robbery Ever
(Book by Ira Berkow)
- Oscar Robertson the Golden Year
- How to Talk Jewish by Jackie Mason (1991-11-15)
- To the Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life
- Oscar Robertson: The Golden Year, 1964
- By Hank Greenberg - Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life
- The Gospel According to Casey by Ira Berkow, Jim Kaplan (2015) Paperback
- To the Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life by Berkow, Ira (2003) Paperback
- To the Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life by Ira Berkow (2003-12-16)
- The Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel's Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball Book by Ira Berkow (1992-02-03)
- Red: A Biography of Red Smith by Berkow, Ira (2007) Paperback
- The Man Who Robbed the Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort by Ira Berkow (1-Jul-1987) Hardcover
- The Man Who Robbed the Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort & the Biggest Hotel Ro
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How to Talk Jewish
Membership
Member Baseball Writers Association American, Authors Guild, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Mystery Writers American.
Connections
Married Dolores Case, April 18, 1978.
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Recipient Page One award Newspaper Guild, Minneapolis, 1966, Scripps-Howard Feature award New York City, 1969, New York Public Library. commendation, 1978, 2005, Associated Press Sports Editors award, 1982, 93, 94, 95, 96, 2001, Distinguished Achievement medal Miami University, 1988, Feature Reporting award Deadline Club, 1994, award New York State Newspaper Publications, 1990. Nominee American Council on Exercise awards, 1983, Edgar award, 1988. Finalist Pulitzer prize for commentary, 1988, Harold Washington Professional Achievement award Roosevelt University, 2003. Named to Hall of Achievement, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, 1997. Member New York Times Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Team for National Reporting, 2001.Recipient Page One award Newspaper Guild, Minneapolis, 1966, Scripps-Howard Feature award New York City, 1969, New York Public Library. commendation, 1978, 2005, Associated Press Sports Editors award, 1982, 93, 94, 95, 96, 2001, Distinguished Achievement medal Miami University, 1988, Feature Reporting award Deadline Club, 1994, award New York State Newspaper Publications, 1990. Nominee American Council on Exercise awards, 1983, Edgar award, 1988. Finalist Pulitzer prize for commentary, 1988, Harold Washington Professional Achievement award Roosevelt University, 2003.
Named to Hall of Achievement, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, 1997. Member New York Times Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Team for National Reporting, 2001.