Jeff Pearlman

Jeff Pearlman is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books. His subjects include NFL legends Walter Pay­ton (Sweetness), Brett Favre (Gunslinger), and Bo Jackson (The Last Folk Hero), as well as the ’80s Los Angeles Lakers (Show­time), 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 Illus­trated senior writer and ESPN.com colum­nist, Pearlman is the host of the Two Writers Slinging Yang podcast.

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Awards: Coolest Guy in my House

Books:

Only God Can Judge Me

The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
HarperCollins Publishers
October 2025
ISBN 9780063304574
464 pages