Background
Smith, Sam Pritzker was born on January 24, 1948 in Brooklyn. Son of Leon and Betty (Pritzker) Smith.
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A SUPER TEAM...A SUPERSTAR...A SUPER EGO The most gifted athlete ever to play the game, Michael Jordan rose to heights no basketball player had ever reached before. What drove Michael Jordan? The pursuit of team success...or of his own personal glory? The pursuit of excellence...or of his next multimillion-dollar endorsement? The flight of the man they call Air Jordan had been rocked by controversy. In The Jordan Rules, which chronicles the Chicago Bulls' first championship season, Sam Smith takes the #1 Bull by the horns to reveal the team behind the man...and the man behind the Madison Avenue smile. Here is the inside game, both on and off the court, including: • Jordan's power struggles with management, from verbal attacks on the general manager to tantrums against his coach • Behind-the-scenes feuds, as Jordan punches a teammate in practice and refuses to pass the ball in the crucial minutes of big games • The players who competed with His Airness for Air Time -- Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, Bill Cartwright -- telling their sides of the story • A penetrating look at coach Phil Jackson, the former flower child who blossomed into one of the NBA's top motivators and who finally found a way to coax "Michael and the Jordanaires" to the their first title A provocative eyewitness account, The Jordan Rules delivers all the nonstop excitement, tension, and thrills of a championship season -- and an intense, fascinating portrait of the incomparable Michael Jordan.
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Smith, Sam Pritzker was born on January 24, 1948 in Brooklyn. Son of Leon and Betty (Pritzker) Smith.
Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Pace University, New York City, 1970. Master of Arts in Journalism, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1974.
He is the author of multiple articles and books, including The New York Times bestseller, The Jordan Rules. He worked two years on the auditing staff of Arthur Young & Company and then earned a master"s degree in journalism from Ball State University. He is in the journalism Hall of Fame at Ball State.
He was a staff and investigative reporter for the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel and congressional reporter and managing editor for States News Service in Washington, District of Columbia He then became press secretary to Connecticut United States. Senator Lowell Weicker.
He left Weicker"s staff to join the Chicago Tribune in November 1979. Smith started at the Tribune as a political/general assignment writer, writing on the city news and national staffs, the business department, and Sunday magazine, before moving to sports full-time in 1983.
He was a sports feature writer and National Basketball Association basketball writer until becoming full-time Bulls/National Basketball Association writer in 1987. He is the author or co-author of several books, including The New York Times best seller, The Jordan Rules.
He also has been a columnist for the Sporting News, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com, National Broadcasting Company.com, HoopsHype.com, Inside Sports magazine and National Basketball Association publications in China and Japan.
He appears frequently on radio and television, including The Tony Kornheiser Show. Smith frequently speaks to student college student groups, including annually at Arizona State University, and appeared as a speaker at the Roosevelt University Basketball Coaches Clinic in 2012 headed up by Kevin Devitt.
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With United States Army Reserve, 1970-1976. Member of Basketball Writers Association (president 1998—2005).
Married Kathleen Ellen Rood, January 24, 1976. Children: Connor, Hannah-Li.