Michael MacCambridge

Michael MacCambridge
Michael MacCambridge
Born (1963-06-21) June 21, 1963
Houston, Texas
Education Creighton University
Northwestern University
Occupation Author
Editor
Children Miles, Ella

Michael MacCambridge (born June 21, 1963) is an American author, journalist and TV commentator. He is the author, co-author, or editor of 7 books, including the 2016 biography Chuck Noll: His Life's Work.[1]

Early life

MacCambridge was born in Houston, Texas, but lived the majority of his youth in Kansas City, Missouri, moving there from Franklin, Nebraska at age 8.[2] He graduated from The Barstow School in 1981. He attended Marquette University for two years before transferring to Creighton University,[2] where he graduated with a B.S. in journalism in 1985. The following year he earned a Master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[1][2][3]

Writing career

MacCambridge began his career as a copy editor and staff writer at the Omaha World-Herald.[2] He was hired by Daily Variety as a staff writer/reviewer in 1987. In 1988 he was hired by the Austin American-Statesman as a pop music critic; in 1990 he became the American-Statesman's film critic, a position he held until 1995.[3] During his tenure at the American-Statesman, he founded the Society of Texas Film Critics.

He departed to launch a career as an author, which began upon the 1997 release of The Franchise: A History Of Sports Illustrated Magazine. The Franchise was named a New York Times Noteworthy Book that year.[4] He then edited the New York Times bestseller ESPN SportsCentury, which accompanied the release of ESPN's Top 100 athletes of the 20th Century. The book featured an introduction by David Halberstam and original essays by Dick Schaap, Joyce Carol Oates, Tony Kornheiser, Nelson George and Roy Blount Jr., among others.[5]

In 2004 Random House released MacCambridge's America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation.[6] Jonathan Yardley listed the book as among 2004's most distinguished releases,[7] and Chris Willis of NFL Films rated America's Game the greatest pro football book of all time.[8]

MacCambridge served as editor of the 2005 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, which Sports Illustrated described as "of truly Biblical proportions...Massive in scope and minute in detail, it's a worthy successor to its ancestor, The Baseball Encyclopedia."[9]

In 2016 MacCambridge completed the biography Chuck Noll: His Life's Work, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.[10]

MacCambridge contributed an essay on the post-WWII rise of pro football to the 2009 release of A New Literary History of America by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. He has also contributed freelance columns and essays to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated, among other publications.[11]

MacCambridge co-chairs (along with Sally Jenkins) the awards jury for the Dan Jenkins Medal For Excellence In Sportswriting, sponsored by the University Of Texas.

Personal life

MacCambridge was married to Danica Frost from 1995 to 2005; they have two children, Miles and Ella. He is a devoted fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, and was hired as the editorial coordinator of the Chiefs' Hall Of Honor, which opened in 2010.

References

  1. 1 2 "Michael MacCambridge [bio page]". Amazon.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dorr, Dave (November 9, 1997). "Sports Illustrated learned to mix the highbrow with the middlebrow". St. Louis Post Dispatch. Retrieved January 25, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. 1 2 "Michael MacCambridge, moderator". 2016. p. 2016 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule.
  4. ↑ "Notable Books of the Year 1997". The New York Times. 7 December 1997.
  5. ↑ "ESPN SportsCentury".
  6. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (7 November 2004). "'America's Game': The Real National Pastime". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Yardley, Jonathan (5 December 2004). "Jonathan Yardley's Favorites". The Washington Post.
  8. ↑ Willis, Chris (20 March 2016). "Top 100 Pro Football Books of All-Time: Part Five - 20-1". Pro Football Journal.
  9. ↑ Hirshberg, Charles (3 October 2005). "A Bible for the Faithful". Sports Illustrated.
  10. ↑ Prisuta, Mike (24 August 2016). "Immaculate Misconception". Pittsburgh Magazine.
  11. ↑ "2016 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule". Michael MacCambridge, moderator. 2016.
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