John Walters

About The Author

John Walters started at Sports Illustrated in 1989 at the age of twenty-two; his most recent byline appeared in 2022. A full-time Sports Illustrated staffer for fifteen years, he was also a staff writer at Newsweek for four years and a columnist at NBC Sports. The Notre Dame alum has worked as a producer for NBC Sports at seven Olympics, winning four Sports Emmys. He is the author of The Same River Twice: A Season with Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut Huskies. In 2004 he survived a cross-country RV trek with his coauthor, but has also ventured to all fifty states and all seven continents. 

Books by John Walters

The Best Seats in the House

An Uncensored Oral History of Sports Illustrated

By John Walters and Adam Duerson
A landmark work—and candy for sports fans everywhere—The Best Seats in the House is a riveting, uncensored oral history of Sports Illustrated, the magazine where legendary athletes collided with freewheeling writers and photographers, and where editors led a Mad Men lifest...
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