Richard Hoffer
{{short description|American sports journalist and author}}
Richard Hoffer is an American sports journalist and author.{{Cite web|url=http://richardhoffer.com/about/|title=About}} He was a longtime Sports Illustrated staff writer, best known for his writing on boxing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/boxing/2014/11/06/si-60-qa-richard-hoffer-mike-tyson-all-rage|title=SI 60 Q&A: Richard Hoffer on Mike Tyson and his legacy|first=Richard|last=Hoffer|website=SI.com|date=6 November 2014 }}
He has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, The Alliance Review, and Deadspin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-25-sp-33495-story.html|title=Boxing / Richard Hoffer : Mancini Has Fame and Fortune . . . Why Fight It?|date=February 25, 1985|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1989/12/11/106780964/from-the-publisher|title=FROM THE PUBLISHER|first=Donald J.|last=Barr|website=Vault}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadspin.com/tag/Richard-Hoffer|title=Richard Hoffer - Sports News Headlines & Highlights|website=Deadspin}} His 1984 article about Mary Lou Retton won The Sporting News's Best Reporting Story of 1984 and was included in the Library of America's The Great American Sports Page, an anthology of sports columns.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1505-john-schulian-the-deadline-artists-who-brought-the-sports-pages-to-life|title=John Schulian: The "deadline artists" who brought the sports pages to life | Library of America|website=www.loa.org}}
Books
Hoffer is the author of five books.{{Cite web|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Richard-Hoffer/9623|title=Richard Hoffer|website=Simon & Schuster}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/author/|title=Richard Hoffer|website=HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/richard-hoffer/bouts-of-mania/9780306822230/|title=Bouts of Mania|date=June 27, 2017|isbn=978-0-306-82223-0 |via=www.dacapopress.com}} His 1998 book about Mike Tyson, A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson, which chronicled Tyson's release from prison and subsequent return to the ring, was named one of the top 100 sports books of all time by Sports Illustrated.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2002/12/16/334173/the-top-100-sports-books-of-all-time|title=The Top 100 Sports Books Of All Time|first=the staff of Sports|last=Illustrated|website=Vault}}
Bibliography
- A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson (1998){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwSEUvYSq-gC&dq=richard+hoffer+a+savage+business&pg=PA4|title=A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson|first=Richard|last=Hoffer|date=August 12, 1998|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780684809083|via=Google Books}}
- Jackpot Nation: Rambling and Gambling Across Our Landscape of Luck (2007)
- Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics (2009)
- Wooden: Basketball & Beyond: The Official UCLA Retrospective (2011)
- Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, and Foreman—and an America on the Ropes (2014)
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