Jack Curry

Jack F. Curry is an analyst on the Yankees' pre and postgame shows on the YES Network, where he has worked since 2010. He was part of YES's Emmy Award-winning Yankee coverage in 2011. He is also a columnist for Yesnetwork.com.

Jack Curry
Born (1964-11-25) November 25, 1964[1]
Jersey City, New Jersey[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. in Communications
Fordham University
Hudson Catholic Regional High School
Occupationbaseball pre-game and post-game analyst, website columnist
EmployerNew York Yankees

Until 2009, he was a national baseball correspondent for The New York Times. Before taking over that position, he was the beat writer covering the Yankees for the Times. He worked at The Times for 22 years.

Author

In 2000, Curry co-wrote a book with Derek Jeter titled The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams.[2] The book was a N.Y. Times best-seller and sold more than 150,000 copies.

In 2019, Curry co-wrote a book with David Cone titled “Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher”. [3]

Television and radio

Before joining YES, Curry was guest on local New York sports programs such as WFAN's "Mike and the Mad Dog" radio program. He has been seen nationally on networks such as ESPN and MSNBC.[4]

Curry currently works for the YES Network.[5]

Personal

Curry graduated in 1982 from Hudson Catholic Regional High School in Jersey City. Curry was invited to a Hudson Catholic event on May 12 as a guest speaker. On April 23, Curry was inducted into the school's hall of fame.

Curry earned a bachelor's degree in Communications from Fordham University in 1986.[6] Curry and his wife Pamela reside in River Vale, New Jersey.[7]

As discussed on radio interviews and his news blog, he has competed in the New York City marathon.[8]

References
  1. "Ask Reporters: Jack Curry". The New York Times.
  2. Jeter, Derek; Curry, Jack (2000). The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams. Crown. ISBN 978-0-609-60786-2.
  3. Cone, David; Curry, Jack (2019). Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-538-74884-8.
  4. "Former NY Times writer Jack Curry joins YES" (Press release). YES Network. 23 February 2010.
  5. Best, Neil (February 24, 2010). "Aaron Boone, Jack Curry on TV". Newsday.
  6. "Former NY Times writer Jack Curry joins YES". yesnetwork.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  7. Klapisch, Bob (July 18, 2011). "Rookie of the Year: River Vale's Jack Curry joins YES Network". bergen.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  8. "Jack Curry Blog > Remembering the Boss' calls". myyesnetwork.com. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
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