ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JACK CAVANAUGH is a veteran sportswriter whose work has appeared most notably on the sports pages of The New York Times, for which he has covered hundreds of assignments. He is the author of Damn the Disabilities: Full Speed Ahead! (1995), Giants Among Men (2008), and Tunney (2006), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in biography. In addition, Cavanaugh has been a frequent contributor to Sports Illustrated and has written for Reader’s Digest, the Sporting News, and Tennis and Golf magazines as well as other national publications. He is also a former reporter for ABC News and CBS News. Cavanaugh, a native of Stamford, Connecticut, is currently an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and lives with his wife, Marge, in Wilton, Connecticut.