L. Jonathan Wertheim (born 1970 inBloomington, Indiana)[1] is an American sports journalist and author. He is a senior writer forSports Illustrated magazine and has been part of the full-time SI writing staff since 1997[2] He has coveredtennis,mixed martial arts, sports business and social issues, and enterprise journalism.
In 2017, he became a60 Minutes correspondent onCBS and has covered a wide range of topics includingDenmark's increasing wealth due to new generation weight-loss drugs,George Clooney's Broadway role as pioneering journalistEdward R. Murrow,Donald Trump's fight to buyGreenland and extended interviews with sports starsCaitlin Clark andNovak Djokovic.[3]
Wertheim is the author of eleven books, includingStrokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played, which gives a stroke by stroke analysis of the2008 Men's Singles Wimbledon final betweenRoger Federer andRafael Nadal and is a co-author (along withToby Moskowitz) of the New York Times bestsellerScorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won, a wide-ranging statistical analysis of common misconceptions in American sports.
Wertheim is an on-air commentator forTennis Channel and a regular contributor on Andy Roddick's Served podcast[4] On November 9, 2024, during theTennis Channel's broadcast of theWTA Finals inRiyadh,Saudi Arabia, Wertheim made a joking comment aboutBarbora Krejčíková's appearance, unaware he was broadcasting on air with ahot mic. The following day, he was suspended by the Tennis Channel.[5] In response to his comment, Krejcikova posted her reaction on social media and Wertheim publicly apologized to her. He returned on air to Tennis Channel on January 6, 2025.[6]
2023 Nominee75th Writers Guild of America Awards "The Longest Running Oil Spill" –60 Minutes (CBS News) Shared with Oriana Zill de Granados
2022 RecipientInternational Tennis Hall of Fame Special Award Eugene L. Scott Award for communicating honestly and critically about the game, and having a significant impact on the world of tennis.[7]
2020 NomineeEmmy Awards Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report "A Central Ally/The Lost Music"60 Minutes (CBS News) Shared with Katherine Davis and Bill Owens[8]
2019 NomineeSports Emmy Awards Outstanding Sports Long Documentary "Strokes of Genius" Shared with: Ken Solomon · Angus Wall · Linda Carlson · Paul Davies · Mick Desmond · Justin Falvey · Darryl Frank · Bob Whyley · Andrew Douglas[9]
Wertheim lives inNew York City with his wife and their two children.[10] He has an undergraduate degree fromYale University and aJuris Doctor degree from theUniversity of Pennsylvania.[11]
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