Jon Pessah is a founding editor of ESPN the Magazine who was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for editing and writing an examination into the role of racism in Major League Baseball. A 45-year veteran of sports and business journalism in newspapers and magazines, Pessah was Assistant Managing Editor/Sports at Newsday and Sports Editor at the Hartford Courant. Pessah was Deputy Editor at ESPN Magazine, where he directed an award-winning investigation into the rise of steroids in baseball.
Pessah's first book--The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers (Little, Brown & Company, 2015)--is a New York Times bestselling portrait of the powerbrokers who built major league baseball into a multi-billion-dollar business. Pessah's next book, a biography of American icon Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees, is due out by Little, Brown & Company on April 14, 2020. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, The Daily Beast, Newsweek and Men's Journal.
Praise for YOGI: Life Behind the Mask
* "Here's a contender for baseball book of the year. Pessah's Yogi is as warm, winning and entertaining as its subject--certain to be the definitive biography of an American legend."
--Jonathan Eig, author of Luckiest Man, Opening Day, and Ali: A Life.
* "Jon Pessah's meticulously sourced Yogi immediately becomes essential for anyone interested in the life of a true American icon. The book is a serious and thoughtful treatment of a life that was a good deal more complex than most people realize. Throughout, it's Yogi's warmth, love of his family and loyalty to them and his friends that drive this narrative. Yogi Berra was a beautiful person with a big heart, and this biography more than does him justice.
Simply put--a great read for any baseball fan."
--Joe Garagiola Jr., Special Advisor to the President/CEO Arizona Diamondbacks
* "Jon Pessah is not just an author who recounts history. He is a talented storyteller, as his critically acclaimed The Game illustrated. Now he has used his passion and prose to give us Yogi, a rich and poignant portrait of one of America's most beloved sports icons."
--Claire Smith, JG Spink Award winner (2017) and ESPN Coordinating Editor/Baseball
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