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Mark Kriegel

Mark Kriegel
Mark Kriegel, a former sports columnist for the New York Post and the Daily News, is a boxing analyst and essayist for ESPN. He is the author of Namath: A Biography, Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich, The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, and Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson. He lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife, the screenwriter Jenny Lumet.


Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Mark Kriegel on Tyson’s Unstable Childhood, Lorna Mae, and the Fighter’s Historic Obsession
June 4, 2025  By Mark Kriegel
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