Jon Wertheim

Journalist and author

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]

He is Jewish.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Lewis Jonathan Wertheim".
  2. ^ "1999.csv". Sorted By Name. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  3. ^ IMDB. "Jon Wertheim – Biography". IMDB. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  4. ^ "L. Jon Wertheim Writer". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  5. ^ 60 Minutes Biography
  6. ^ "L. Jon Wertheim - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  7. ^ "Jon Wertheim – Archive". March 31, 2014. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  8. ^ Linkedin
  9. ^ "This week on Unorthodox: Scottish Jews get their own official tartan".
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