Michael Sokolove

Michael Sokolove is an American journalist and author. He has worked for The New York Times Magazine since 2001.^[1] His books include Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose, about Pete Rose and his banishment from baseball, and The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw, about Darryl Strawberry's high school baseball team.^[2][3]

The New York Times positively reviewed The Ticket Out, describing the portrayal of Strawberry and his teammates as a "choral narrative" and "simple and affecting.^[4] Roger Angell, of The New Yorker, wrote that Hustle was "a first-class work of sound reporting and balanced, piece-by-piece evidence and inescapable conclusions."^[5]

Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater, published in 2013, was optioned by Hamilton lead producer Jeffrey Seller and served as the inspiration for the television series Rise.^[6]

Sokolove has also contributed to Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post, and Mother Jones.^[7] Two of his articles have been included in The Best American Sports Writing anthologies, in 2006 and 2010.^[8]

Books

• Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose ( Simon and Schuster, 1990) ISBN 9780743284448
• The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw ( Simon & Schuster, 2004) ISBN 9781439129043
• Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women's Sports (New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008) ISBN 9781416579625
• Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater (Penguin. 2013)
• The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino: A Story of Corruption, Scandal, and the Big Business of College Basketball Penguin Books, 2018 ISBN 9780399563294