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Career Bio


Jon Finkel has written for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, GQ, Details, The New York Times, AskMen.com, ComedyCentral.com, Bodybuilding.com and Yahoo! Sports’ ThePostGame.com. He was the Editor-in-Chief and founder of the National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame’s website, FootballMatters.org, as well as the Publisher at Beckett Media, where he successfully revamped and oversaw all digital and print properties. He is currently the co-host of the Life of Dad Show, which has compiled 600k downloads in podcast form and 300k viewers on Facebook Live since 2017.

As an author, Jon wrote the award-winning basketball book series ‘Greatest Stars of the NBA’ for the National Basketball Association’s “Read to Achieve” program. He penned all twelve books in the series, which included titles on Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and many more.

His other titles include the top selling humor/advice book The Three Dollar Scholar – Awesome Advice for Acing Life’s Major Decisions and Mindless Debates and The Dadvantage – Stay in Shape on No Sleep with No Time and No Equipment, which was featured on ExtraTV and endorsed by Men’s Fitness and Muscle & Fitness. The Dadvantage debuted as a Top 5 fatherhood book on Amazon.com.

Jon also wrote Heart Over Height with 3x NBA Slam Dunk Champion Nate Robinson and Forces of Character with 3x Super Bowl Champion and Fighter Pilot, Chad Hennings.

His book, Jocks In Chief, ranks every single US president athletically and he appeared on CBS: This Morning promoting it, as well as received press in the New York Post and a wide range of other media.

Mean Joe Greene: Built By Football , a biography Jon co-wrote with Pittsburgh Steelers legend “Mean” Joe Greene was released in April of 2017 and was a top-selling football title on Amazon for many months.

He recently released The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward, which is the official biography of Heisman Trophy winner, New York Knicks star and Florida State National Champion, Charlie Ward, The book was endorsed by Tony Dungy, Jeff Van Gundy, Warrick Dunn and Mark Richt.

His upcoming book, The Life of Dad Experience, is being published by Adams Media of Simon and Schuster and will be in stores everywhere Father’s Day 2019.

 

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Jon Finkel is the award-winning author of The Athlete, Heart Over Height, “Mean” Joe Greene, The Dadvantage, Forces of Character and other books about icons, fatherhood and fitness. His work has been endorsed by a range of luminaries, from Spike Lee and Tony Dungy to Jerry Jones, Kurt Warner and Jeff Van Gundy.

He is the co-host of the Life of Dad Sports Show, an avid speaker, writer and creative strategist for some of the biggest brands in sports and health.

As a feature writer, he has written for GQ, Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, The New York Times and many more.

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Books with Icons

The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward
“Mean” Joe Greene: Built By Football
Forces of Character: Conversations About Building a Life of Impact
Heart Over Height: The Improbable Rise of Nate Robinson

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Books for People Who Like to Know Stuff

The Three Dollar Scholar: Awesome Advice for Acing Life’s Major Decisions and Mindless Debates
Jocks in Chief: From Football Stars and Brawlers to Feats of Strength and Iron Butt, A Complete Ranking of the Most Athletic Presidents of the United States

Watch Jon’s interview discussing Jocks in Chief live on CBS: This Morning here:

Books for Kids:

 

Tastebudless Bud: Epic Tales from Doughnesia and How I Won the Food Fight of the Century

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