Phil pepe biography

Philip Francis Pepe [peppy] was an American baseball writer and radio voice who spent more than five decades covering sports in New York City.
Pepe was the Yankees beat writer for the New York Daily News from 1968 through 1981 and is a past president of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Phil Pepe, a popular New York sportswriter who covered the Yankees for city newspapers, delivered radio commentary and wrote dozens of books.

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Pepe, Phil 1935–

(Philip Pepe)

PERSONAL: Born March 21, 1935, in Brooklyn, NY; son of Michael P. (an accountant) and Lillian (Martini) Pepe; married Adele Sbaratta, October 28, 1961 (divorced); children: Jayne, David, James, John. Education: St. John's University, Jamaica, NY, B.A., 1956. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES: Home—P.O. Box 291, Saddle River, NJ 07458. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Triumph Books, 542 S. Dearborn St., Ste. 750, Chicago, IL 60605.

CAREER: Writer and broadcaster. Sports writer in New York, NY, 1968–; has written for the New York World Telegram & Sun and for the New York Daily News. Military service:National Guard.

WRITINGS:

Winners Never Quit, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1967.

No-Hitter, Four Winds (New York, NY), 1968.

(With Bob Gibson) From Ghetto to Glory, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1968.

Greatest Stars of the NBA, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1970.

Incredible Knicks, Popular Library (New York, NY), 1970.

Stand Tall: The Lew Alcindor Story, Grosset (New York,

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Phil Pepe

Philip Francis Pepe[peppy] (March 21, 1935 – December 13, 2015) was an American baseball writer and radio voice who spent more than five decades covering sports in New York City.^[1]

Born in Brooklyn, Phil Pepe grew up rooting for the local Brooklyn Dodgers, even though he spent most of his time as a baseball reporter with the loathed team of his childhood, the New York Yankees.^[1]

Prominently, Pepe was a longtime Yankees beat writer who chronicled franchise greats from Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle to Reggie Jackson and Derek Jeter,^[2] and also authored dozens of books on some of the most significant figures in sports, including Come Out Smokin’ on heavyweight champion Joe Frazier and covering such athletes as boxing legend Muhammad Ali and basketball stars Walt Frazier and Willis Reed during a prolific career that spanned generations.^[3]

Pepe graduated from Lafayette High School and St. John's University. After graduating from St. John’s, Pepe joined the New York World-Telegram in 1957 for which he was the New York Yank

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PHIL PEPE ~ Sports Writer ~ Author

Talkin' Baseball :
An Oral History of Baseball in the 1970s
by Phil Pepe

Baseball in the 1970s
- remember how awesome it was?
It was a decade of heroes and upsets
and dramatic freeze-frame moments.
Never had the game been
more exciting.
Never did it change so radically.
In this oral history, veteran
sportswriter Phil Pepe brings one
incredible baseball decade back to life
in the words of the guys
who played - and lived - the game.
Hear union leader Marvin Miller
recount St. Louis Cardinals
outfielder Curt Flood's monumental
challenge of the iron-clad
reserve clause, and the dawning of
the free agency.
Ron Blomberg recalls his time
at bat as the game's first
designated hitter.
Earl Weaver and Brooks Robinson
describe the Orioles dismantling
The Big Red Machine.

Ralph Houk and Rusty Staub relive
the actions and antics of Tigers rookie
sensation Mark "The Bird" Fidrych.
And Diane Munson shares her heart
about her husband,
Yankee captain Thurman Munson,
after he died in a tragic plane crash.
It