Howard Beck (born July 6, 1968 in Oakland, California)[1] is an American journalist. Beck has covered the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Los Angeles Daily News,[2] the New York Times,[3] Bleacher Report[4] and Sports Illustrated. From December 2020 until February 28, 2023, he was an NBA senior writer for Sports Illustrated, where he also co-hosted The Crossover podcast with Chris Mannix.[5] In October of 2022, Beck wrote the introduction for Sports Illustrated "The Greatest Show on Earth - A History of the Los Angeles Lakers' Winning Tradition".[6] On February 15, 2023 he was laid off by Sports Illustrated effective February 28, 2023.[7] On September 18, 2023, Beck announced he was joining The Ringer.[8]
Howard Beck | |
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| Born | July 6, 1968 |
| Alma mater | University of California, Davis |
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At the Los Angeles Daily News, Beck covered the Los Angeles Lakers. With the New York Times, Beck covered the New York Knicks for most of his tenure with a brief assignment to the Brooklyn Nets during their first season in Brooklyn.[9] In the fall of 2013 Howard left the New York Times for the Bleacher Report to be their national NBA writer.[10][11] In the fall of 2020 Bleacher Report stopped publishing BR Magazine and laid off[12] various employees including Beck.
From 2017 to 2020, Beck also created and hosted The Full 48 podcast. Guests included NBA commissioner Adam Silver, actor Kelly Aucoin, LA Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz and others. Beck is now[when?] also a co-host on the Ringers ‘real ones’ podcast on a Monday where he, Raja Bell, and Logan Murdock discuss the current NBA. [13]
Howard was raised in California and graduated from the University of California, Davis[14] where he served as editor in chief for the California Aggie newspaper. He currently[when?] resides in Brooklyn, New York.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Ask a Reporter Q&A: Howard Beck". The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009.
- ^ Sibor, Doug (July 15, 2014). "Ranking the Most Popular NBA Writers and Their Sources". Complex. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Howard Beck". The New York Times.
- ^ "Howard Beck's Sportswriter Profile". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013.
- ^ "The Crossover NBA Show". Apple Podcasts. March 21, 2024. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ Beck, Howard (October 18, 2022). The greatest show on earth: A history of the Los Angeles Lakers' winning tradition. Chicago, IL: Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1637272763. OCLC 1350601451.
- ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (February 15, 2023). "Sports Illustrated lays off 17, announces 12 new openings, shifts in division leadership (updated)". Awful Announcing. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ Beck, Howard [@HowardBeck] (September 18, 2023). "Absolutely, positively, unbelievably thrilled/stoked/psyched — and if there are any adjectives stronger than those, just insert them all! — to be joining the fantastic staff at The @Ringer. I've been an unabashed fan since its inception. Can't wait to get started!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 22, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Rosenthal, Seth (June 27, 2012). "The New York NBA Beat Is Shifting". New York.
- ^ Tracy, Marc (September 19, 2013). "Another NYT Writer Leaves for a Web Upstart, But That's Not the Real Story Here". The New Republic. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Koblin, John (September 19, 2013). "Why Howard Beck Left The New York Times For Bleacher Report". Deadspin.
- ^ Koo, Ben (August 24, 2020). "Bleacher Report lays off at least 10 people as B/R Mag gets wound down". Awful Announcing. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ "The Full 48". player.fm. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ McIntyre, Jason (June 17, 2012). "An Interview with Howard Beck of the New York Times". The Big Lead.