Michael Thomas Lupica (b. May 11, 1952)
A graduate of Boston College, Mike Lupica began covering the New York Knicks for the New York Post at the age of 23. At 24, he moved to New York and became the youngest columnist to ever write a regular column for a New York City newspaper. He has also written for The National and Newsday during his long career, but has spent 25 years writing his four-times-a-week column for the Daily News, including his popular “Shooting From the Lip” column every Sunday.
Lupica wrote “The Sporting Life” column at Esquire magazine for ten years beginning in the late 1980s, and is currently writing a regular column for Travel & Leisure Golf . He has also written for Golf Digest , Parade, Playboy, , and Men’s Journal , and received numerous awards, including, in 2003, the Jim Murray Award from the National Football Foundation.
Lupica builds on his decades-long experience and insider’s knowledge for a provocative presentation that’s an uncompromising look at the fascinating world of professional sports.
The author of sixteen books, Lupica co-wrote autobiographies with Reggie Jackson and Bill Parcells, collaborated with noted author and screenwriter William Goldman called Wait ‘Till Next Year, and wrote The Summer of ‘98 and Mad as Hell: How Sports Got Away From the Fans and How We Get It Back.
Lupica’s novels include a series of mysteries involving fictional New York City television reporter Peter Finley . One of them, Dead Air, was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Mystery and adapted into a television movie called Money, Power, Murder. Lupica’s Bump and Run and Wild Pitch were national best sellers. The sequel to Bump and Run, entitled Red Zone, is his latest novel.
His early career was spent with the Boston Globe (1970-74) and the Washington Post (1974-75) .
In addition to all his varied work with the printed word, Lupica has spent the last thirteen years as one of the stars of The Sports Reporters on ESPN. He also hosted his own program, The Mike Lupica Show, on ESPN2. Over the years he has been a regular on the CBS Morning News, Good Morning America and The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour. On the radio, he has made frequent appearances on Imus in the Morning since the early 1980s.
Lupica is also what he describes as a “serial Little League coach,” with his four children, three sons and a daughter. He and his family live in Connecticut.
