Jeff Pearlman

Jeff Pearlman is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books. His subjects include NFL legends Walter Pay-ton ( Sweetness ), Brett Favre ( Gunslinger ), and Bo Jackson ( The Last Folk Hero ), as well as the '80s Los Angeles Lakers ( Show-tim e), the 1986 New York Mets ( The Bad Guys Won ), and the '90s Dallas Cowboys ( Boys Will Be Boys ). HBO adapted Showtime into the dramatic series Winning Time, produced and directed by Adam McKay. A former Sports Illus-trated senior writer and ESPN...See more

Jeff Pearlman is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books. His subjects include NFL legends Walter Pay-ton ( Sweetness ), Brett Favre ( Gunslinger ), and Bo Jackson ( The Last Folk Hero ), as well as the '80s Los Angeles Lakers ( Show-tim e), the 1986 New York Mets ( The Bad Guys Won ), and the '90s Dallas Cowboys ( Boys Will Be Boys ). HBO adapted Showtime into the dramatic series Winning Time, produced and directed by Adam McKay. A former Sports Illus-trated senior writer and ESPN.com colum-nist, Pearlman is the host of the Two Writers Slinging Yang podcast. See less