Richard Sandomir

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Richard Sandomir
Born (1957-09-04) September 4, 1957 (age 66)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materQueens College, City University of New York
GenreSports
Notable worksThe Pride of the Yankees
SpouseGriffin Miller

Richard Elliot Sandomir (born September 4, 1957[1][2]) is an American journalist who is an obituary writer for The New York Times. He wrote about sports, male-pattern hair loss and television; he is the author of several books including Bald Like Me: The Hair-Raising Adventures of Baldman and The Englightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything.[3]

Education and family[edit]

Sandomir obtained his degree from Queens College, City University of New York. His wife, Griffin Miller, is an artist and writer.

Career[edit]

Sandomir was a freelance writer and focused his work on sports for a number of publications which include: The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, and Sports. He also worked for Sports Inc. as a staff writer, a business reporter for New York Newsday, a staff writer for the Stamford Advocate, and a business writer for Financial World.

Sandomir worked for The New York Times as a television, sports, and business reporter from April 1991 to 2016.[4]

Books[edit]

  • Bald Like Me: The Hair-Raising Adventures of Baldman, Collier Books, 1990, ISBN 9780020366508, OCLC 21376329
  • Friendly Persuasion- Putnam, 1990
  • The Joy of Baldness: Men With Less Hair and the Women Who Love Them, Spi Books, 1993.
  • The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic. Hachette Books. 13 June 2017. ISBN 978-0-316-35516-2. OCLC 958797744
Books with Mark Reiter
Books with Rick Wolff

References[edit]

  1. ^ Heaton, James. "Richard Sandomir Archives". sports.nyhistory.org. New York Historical Society. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "BALD IS BEAUTIFUL, ACTIVIST BOASTS". deseret.com. Deseret News Publishing Company. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Richard Sandomir". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "Sandomir looks back on 25 years of sports media memories". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Richard Sandomir - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

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