New Book Coming This Summer

This summer, my newst book will be published by Lyons Press. In The Pro Football Historical Abstract, I use groundbreaking analysis to rate and rank the top players at every position, from the earliest days of the NFL until today. The book includes essays on more than 500 players and coaches, along with a detailed look at how the game evolved through the decades.

The book will be about 600 pages in hardback, and I'm hoping it will be in stores by the time that NFL training camps open. more...

Other books I've written

Critics hailed The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia as "an all-time great book" and a "groundbreaking addition to the game's history." The annual Pro Football Prospectus was described by ESPN.com as a "paradigm-shifting work," and former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman called it "one of the most comprehensive evaluations on the market." I created the series and produced three annual editions. " more ...

articles in the New york sun

Since 2003, I've had the pleasure (and sometimes the discomfort) of covering the Jets and the Giants for the New York Sun. Those columns are archived here.

Baseball columns (which were not published in the Sun) are available here, including the one I receive the most feedback on -- a column I wrote three days after the September 11 attacks.

data services

My historical sports databases have been used in books, web sites, and computer games, including...

what's new

My blog is now active, giving me a chance to share my thoughts on sports, history, current events, and the convergence of all three.

Since 2003, I've covered the Giants and Jets for The New York Sun. If your newstand doesn't carry the paper, you can read my columns online.

I've been making radio appearances to talk baseball and plug the football encyclopedia . A list of upcoming appearances lets you know where you can catch me.

other web sites