John “Jack” Curry
Induction
2016
Graduation
1982
- Emmy Award-winning baseball analyst for the New York Yankees’ YES Network, the largest regional sports network in the country, since 2010
- Appears on Pre and Post Game Shows during the season, offers analysis and commentary on the Yankees’ Hot Stove Show in the offseason
- Baseball writer at the NY Times for 20 years. Covered 18 World Series, 11 All-Star Games, 2 World Baseball Classics
- Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for a series about the demise of high school sports in New York City
- Co-authored a book with Derek Jeter, The Life You Imagine, a New York Times Best Seller
- Began his career as a reporter for The Commentator, later its Sports Editor, featuring Curry’s Corner
- Because the first paragraph in his first article was edited, he has spent his career in pursuit of crafting the perfect ‘lede’
- His love of baseball started as a player, for the Hawk Varsity under Coach Rocky Pope, delivering a game-winning hit vs. Prep in senior year
- At Fordham, joined the school newspaper, becoming Sports Editor, and radio station, becoming Assistant Sports Director of WFUV, and pursued sports journalism
- Interned at The Jersey Journal for three summers, covering more Little League games than he cares to remember, which groomed him for covering Major League Baseball
- With a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, he covered high school and college sports at The Star Ledger
- Joined the New York Times in 1987, covering college football and basketball, moved up to New Jersey Nets writer, then to New York Yankees beat writer in 1991
- Elevated to National Baseball Writer in 1998, holding that position through 2009
- Holds a Baseball Writers of America vote for the annual elections to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
- Credits the start for all his interesting sports coverage to another Hawk, his journalism teacher at Hudson Catholic, Mr. James O’Donnell ’69, who set him loose in the hallways of Hudson Catholic
