Steven Ira Wulf is an executive editor at ESPN The Magazine

ESPN The Magazine

ESPN The Magazine is a bi-weekly sports magazine published by the ESPN sports network in Bristol, Connecticut in the United States. The first issue was published on March 11, 1998....

. He was born in New York City

New York City

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, New York

New York

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 on December 4, 1950 and raised in Troy

Troy, New York

Troy is a city in the US State of New York and the seat of Rensselaer County. Troy is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany and Schenectady, forming a region popularly called the Capital...

, New York. He attended high school at The Albany Academy

The Albany Academy

The Albany Academy is an independent college preparatory day school for boys in Albany, New York, USA, enrolling students from Preschool to Grade 12. It was established in 1813 by a charter signed by Mayor Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and the city council of Albany...

 and graduated from Hamilton College. ¹

Books

The most notable books written and co-authored by Steve Wulf include: ²

- Baseball Anecdotes

- Legends of the Field

- I Was Right On Time

- 0:01: Parting Shots from the World of Sports

- The Mighty Book Of Sports

TV/Movies

Mr. Wulf consulted in the making of the Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns is an American director and producer of documentary films, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs...

' documentary Baseball and has appeared on numerous episodes of ESPN SportsCentury

SportsCentury

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. ³

Michael Jordan article

Wulf wrote an article about Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats...

's minor league baseball career, which was featured on the cover with the headline "Bag It Michael." Jordan cut off official communication with Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

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for 15 years and counting because of the headline.

30 for 30

Steve Wulf also appeared numerous times in ESPN's "30 for 30" documentary series. He was interviewed for Silly Little Game, a documentary about the beginnings of rotisserie baseball, as well as Jordan Rides the Bus. In Jordan, Wulf recounts his controversial SI article about Michael Jordan's attempt to play baseball. Wulf admits to being too critical of Jordan, but also reveals that he visited Jordan a second time and wrote a story about he was showing signs of major league potential. Sports Illustrated did not run the second story.

External links

• http://espn.go.com/magazine/wulf_archive.html
• http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004945/index.htm?eref=sisf