Jon Wertheim Explained

Lewis Jonathan Wertheim[1] [2] (born 1970 in Bloomington, Indiana)[3] is a sports journalist and author. He has been a full-time staff member for Sports Illustrated since 1996[4] and is currently the executive editor.[5] He has covered tennis, the NBA, sports business and mixed martial arts. In 2017, he became a 60 Minutes correspondent on CBS and analyst for the Tennis Channel at the four Majors.[6] 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lewis Jonathan Wertheim .
  2. Web site: 1999.csv . September 4, 2022 . Sorted By Name.
  3. Web site: IMDB . Jon Wertheim – Biography . June 8, 2013 . IMDB.
  4. Web site: L. Jon Wertheim Writer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170710101107/https://www.si.com/vault-authors/l-jon-wertheim . July 10, 2017 . September 4, 2017.
  5. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jon-wertheim/ 60 Minutes Biography
  6. Web site: 2023-06-13 . L. Jon Wertheim - CBS News . 2023-07-27 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
  7. Web site: March 31, 2014 . Jon Wertheim – Archive . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140331202927/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/jon_wertheim/archive/ . March 31, 2014 . December 12, 2022.
  8. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jon-wertheim/a/36b/b31 Linkedin