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Kevin Cook

A former senior editor at Sports Illustrated, Kevin Cook is the author of Titanic Thompson, Tommy's Honor, Kitty Genovese and The Dad Report. He lives in New York City.

Books by Kevin Cook

  1. Book CoverThe Dad Report: Fathers, Sons, and Baseball Families


    An unforgettable look at how baseball families share our national pastime.More

  2. Book CoverKitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America


    "Vividly transforms Ms. Genovese from an iconic urban martyr to a three-dimensional protagonist in a case that transformed the criminal justice system." —Sam Roberts, New York TimesMore

  3. Book CoverThe Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports


    The inside story of the most colorful decade in NFL history—pro football’s raging, hormonal, hairy, druggy, immortal adolescence.More

  4. Book CoverTitanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything


    “The ultimate hustler . . . a rollicking tale.”—Sports IllustratedMore