Jon Wertheim

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Lewis Jonathan Wertheim [1] [2] (born 1970 in Bloomington, Indiana) [3] is an American sports journalist and author. He has been a full-time staff member for Sports Illustrated since 1996 [4] and is currently the executive editor. [5] He has covered tennis, the NBA, sports business and mixed martial arts. In 2017, he became a 60 Minutes correspondent on CBS and analyst for the Tennis Channel at the four Majors. [6] Wertheim is the author of ten books, including Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played, which gives a stroke by stroke analysis of the 2008 Men's Singles Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and is a co-author (along with Toby Moskowitz) of the New York Times bestseller Scorecasting: 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 in New York City with his wife Ellie and their two children. [7]

He has an undergraduate degree from Yale University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania. [8]

Indefinite removal from Tennis Channel

On November 9, 2024, during the Tennis Channel's broadcast of the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wertheim made a derogatory comment about Barbora Krejčíková, unaware he was broadcasting on air with a hot mic. The following day, he was taken off the air indefinitely by the Tennis Channel. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Lewis Jonathan Wertheim".
  2. ↑ "1999.csv". Sorted By Name. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ IMDB. "Jon Wertheim – Biography". IMDB. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ "L. Jon Wertheim Writer". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ 60 Minutes Biography
  6. ↑ "L. Jon Wertheim - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  7. ↑ "Jon Wertheim – Archive". March 31, 2014. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  8. ↑ Linkedin
  9. ↑ "Barbora Krejcikova: Tennis analyst Jon Wertheim taken off air over comment about Wimbledon champion's forehead". November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.