co-wrote autobiographies with Reggie Jackson and Bill Parcells
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Mike Lupica is one of the most prominent sports writers in America. His longevity at the top of his field is based on his experience and insider's knowledge, coupled with a provocative presentation that takes an uncompromising look at the tumultuous world of professional sports. Today he is a syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News, which includes his popular "Shooting from the Lip" column, which appears every Sunday.
He began his newspaper career covering the New York Knicks for the New York Post at age 23. He became the youngest columnist ever at a New York paper with the New York Daily News, which he joined in 1977. For more than 30 years, Lupica has added magazines, novels, sports biographies, other non-fiction books on sports, as well as television to his professional resume.
Mike Lupica was born in 1952 in Oneida, New York; spent much of his childhood in New Hampshire; and graduated from Boston College. He began his journalism career in 1975, covering the New York Knicks Basketball team for the New York Post. In 1977, he became a columnist for the New York Daily News, where he now writes four syndicated columns a week. Since 1987, Lupica has also written "The Sporting Life" column for Esquire magazine.
Lupica co-wrote Baseball player Reggie Jackson's autobiography ("Reggie") in 1984, and since then has authored more than two dozen other sports-themed books.
He is married and has a daughter and three sons.