Tucson Festival of Books

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.

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


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