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Jon Wertheim

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Lewis Jonathan Wertheim[1][2](born 1970 inBloomington, Indiana)[3]is a sports journalist and author. He has been a full-time staff member forSports Illustratedsince 1996[4]and is currently the executive editor.[5]He has coveredtennis,theNBA,sports business andmixed martial arts.In 2017, he became a60 Minutescorrespondent on CBS and analyst for the Tennis Channel at the four Majors.[6]Wertheim is the author of ten books, includingStrokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played,which gives a stroke by stroke analysis of the2008 Men's Singles Wimbledon finalbetweenRoger FedererandRafael Nadaland is a co-author (along withToby Moskowitz) of the New York Times bestsellerScorecasting: 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 inNew York Citywith his wife Ellie and their two children.[7]

He has an undergraduate degree fromYale Universityand a law degree from theUniversity of Pennsylvania.[8]


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  1. ^"Lewis Jonathan Wertheim".
  2. ^"1999.csv".Sorted By Name.RetrievedSeptember 4,2022.
  3. ^IMDB."Jon Wertheim – Biography".IMDB.RetrievedJune 8,2013.
  4. ^"L. Jon Wertheim Writer".Archived fromthe originalon July 10, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 4,2017.
  5. ^60 Minutes Biography
  6. ^"L. Jon Wertheim - CBS News".cbsnews.2023-06-13.Retrieved2023-07-27.
  7. ^"Jon Wertheim – Archive".March 31, 2014. Archived fromthe originalon March 31, 2014.RetrievedDecember 12,2022.
  8. ^Linkedin