Jon Wertheim
Lewis Jonathan Wertheim[1][2][3] (born 1970 in Bloomington, Indiana)[4] is a sports journalist and author. He has been a full-time staff member for Sports Illustrated since 1996 [5] and is currently the Executive Editor.[6] He has covered tennis, the NBA, sports business and mixed martial arts. He is also a contributing correspondent for 60 Minutes on CBS and analyst for the Tennis Channel at the four Majors. Wertheim is the author of ten books, including Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played, which gives a stroke by stroke analysis of the 2008 Men's Singles Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and is a co-author (along with Toby Moskowitz) of the New York Times bestseller Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won, a wide-ranging statistical analysis of common misconceptions in American sports.
He lives in New York City with his wife Ellie and their two children.[7]
He has an undergraduate degree from Yale University and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.[8]
He is Jewish.[9]
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- ^ IMDB. "Jon Wertheim - Biography". IMDB. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ^ L. Jon Wertheim Writer
- ^ 60 Minutes Biography
- ^ . web.archive.org. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "This week on Unorthodox: Scottish Jews get their own official tartan".