Richard Hoffer
Richard Hoffer is an American sports journalist and author.[1] He was a longtime Sports Illustrated staff writer, best known for his writing on boxing.[2]
He has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, The Alliance Review, and Deadspin.[3][4][5] His 1984 article about Mary Lou Retton won The Sporting News's Best Reporting Story of 1984 and was included in the Library of America's The Great American Sports Page, an anthology of sports columns.[4][6]
Books[edit]
Hoffer is the author of five books.[7][8][9] His 1998 book about Mike Tyson, A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson, which chronicled Tyson's release from prison and subsequent return to the ring, was named one of the top 100 sports books of all time by Sports Illustrated.[10]
Bibliography[edit]
- A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson (1998)[11]
- Jackpot Nation: Rambling and Gambling Across Our Landscape of Luck (2007)
- Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics (2009)
- Wooden: Basketball & Beyond: The Official UCLA Retrospective (2011)
- Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, and Foreman—and an America on the Ropes (2014)
References[edit]
- ^ "About".
- ^ Hoffer, Richard. "SI 60 Q&A: Richard Hoffer on Mike Tyson and his legacy". SI.com.
- ^ "Boxing / Richard Hoffer : Mancini Has Fame and Fortune . . . Why Fight It?". Los Angeles Times. February 25, 1985.
- ^ a b Barr, Donald J. "FROM THE PUBLISHER". Vault.
- ^ "Richard Hoffer - Sports News Headlines & Highlights". Deadspin.
- ^ "John Schulian: The "deadline artists" who brought the sports pages to life | Library of America". www.loa.org.
- ^ "Richard Hoffer". Simon & Schuster.
- ^ "Richard Hoffer". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher.
- ^ "Bouts of Mania". June 27, 2017 – via www.dacapopress.com.
- ^ Illustrated, the staff of Sports. "The Top 100 Sports Books Of All Time". Vault.
- ^ Hoffer, Richard (August 12, 1998). A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780684809083 – via Google Books.