Jack McCallum

Jack McCallum was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated for more than 30 years and remains a contributing writer at the magazine. He is known primarily for his coverage of the National Basketball Association but covered a variety of other sports and also edited the Scorecard section of the magazine. He is the author of 12 books, including the New York Times best-seller "Dream Team," the recently released "The Real Hoosiers," a novel and a book about prostate cancer.

Awards: Writers Wing Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 2006, 1999 National Women's Sports Foundation Award

A Sports Book Feast

Three of the most accomplished sports authors we have -- Joe Posnanski, Jack McCallum and Keith O'Brien -- will compare notes with themselves and all of us here today. It will be hard to keep score. Their stories are from football, basketball and baseball, but all three are winners in our book.

UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)  
Sat, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sports
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)  

Panelists: Jack McCallum, Keith O'Brien, Joe Posnanski
Moderator: Dana Cooper

Sports and Culture

Explore the intersection of sports and culture with three writers whose books examine the ways stories in sports reflect the social currents of an era-- and the ways sports can also influence social change.

Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 16, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Sports
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelists: Rus Bradburd, Jack McCallum, Howard Megdal
Moderator: Jay Gonzales

The Wide, Wide World of Sports

Nowhere in American life do people with different perspectives come together the way they do in sports. Religion, race and gender seem to divide us most days, but on game day there are goals that unite us all. How? Why? Let's ask Mirin Fader, Jack McCallum and Louis Moore.

Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Sports
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelists: Mirin Fader, Jack McCallum, Louis Moore
Moderator: Tony Perkins

Books:

The Real Hoosiers

Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops
Sports
Hachette Books
March 2024
ISBN 9780306830754
336 pages

Dream Team

How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
Sports
Random House Publishing Group
April 2013
ISBN 9780345520494
400 pages