In 2001, New York Times sports feature writer-columnist Ira Berkow was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for his article, “The Minority Quarterback” in the New York Times series, “How Race Is Lived in America”. He was also a Pulitizer finalist in 1988 for “distinguished commentary”.

Ira Berkow has been the only sportswriter featured for five decades (since 1969) in the highly regarded publication, Best American Sports Writing, and was featured in David Halberstam’s 1999 edition of The Best American Sports Writing of the Century.

A N.Y. Times writer-columnist since 1982, Berkow co-wrote the best-selling book, Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life, which was the foundation for the year-2000 award-winning documentary film: The Life & Times of Hank Greenberg.

Among the books Berkow has authored: Red: A Biography of Red Smith, Rockin Steady (Walt Frazier story), Court Vision, To The Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life, The Gospel According to Casey (Casey Stengel), and The Minority Quarterback & Other Lives In Sports (based upon his Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times article), and his memoir, Full Swing:-p; Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer’s Life.