Brad Herzog
  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • BIO
    • PRESS & PRAISE
    • CALENDAR
  • BOOKS
    • BOOKS FOR KIDS
    • BOOKS FOR ADULTS
  • ARTICLES
  • BLOG
    • Catch-44
    • The Why Not 100
  • SCHOOL VISITS
    • PROGRAMS
    • TESTIMONIALS
    • BOOK ORDER FORM
    • CONTRACT
    • LEADER'S GUIDES
    • COMMON CORE
  • TALKS
  • Contact
Picture
IN A WORD
Linguist Allan Metcalf explores the origins and importance of the word "guy" (Nov/Dec 2019)

GOING STRONG

All-time great wrestler Kyle Dake (Jan/Feb 2019)

HOUSTON WE SOLVED A PROBLEM
Analytics expert and Astros assistant GM Brandon Taubman (March/April 2018)

STRANGE BREW
Justin Peters '03 is a veteran Chicago Cubs beer slinger -- and a serious journalist, an improv comic, and more (Sept/Oct 2017)


THRILL OF VICTORY
Inspired by Forever Faithful, my picks for other dramatic moments in Big Red sports history (Sept/Oct 2017)

UP BY HIS BOOTSTRAPS
Erstwhile 1920 presidential candidate Parley Christensen (Sept/Oct 2016)

PAR FOR THE COURSE
​
Cornell churns out world-class golf architects (July/Aug 2016) 

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME 
​
Rob Manfred '80 is commissioner of Major League Baseball (Mar/Apr 2016) 

UPS AND DOWNS
Three-quarters of a century ago, the Big Red won—then lost—one of the most famous games in football history (Nov/Dec 2015) 

THE WRITER'S LIFE
Musings on two decades as a scribe (July/Aug 2015)

HARMONIC CONVERGENCE
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity's landmark reunions (July/Aug 2015)

DOUBLE PLAY
Q&A with a baseball sabermetrician and a scout (July/Aug 2015)

THE BEST SPORTS
A ranking of the finest athletes in university history (March/April 2015)

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE LIST
161 Things Every Cornell Student Should Do (March/April 2015)

MEAT AND GREET
Chef Jeffrey Weiss '10 is spreading the word about Spanish charcuteria (July/Aug 2014)

MOTHER COURAGE
An excerpt from My Mantelpiece by Carolyn Goodman and Brad Herzog (May/June 2014)

MAKE 'EM LAUGH
Muslim comedian/activist Negin Farsad (Mar/Apr 2013)

GOOD SPORT
ESPN's Jeremy Schaap follows in his father's footsteps (Nov/Dec 2012)

VERY MERRY
Christmas Can Cure founder Andre Carrier (Nov/Dec 2012)

LET THE GAMES BEGIN 
Bucky Gunts, Head of Olympic Production for NBC (July/Aug 2012)

LEADING LAS VEGAS
Paul Berry, VP of Hotel Operations at ARIA (July/Aug 2012)

LAUGH RIOT
The latest on political comic and provocateur Bill Maher (July/Aug 2012)

THE PEACEMAKER
Search for Common Ground founder John Marks (May/June 2012)

OM... FORE!
Zen Golf author Joe Parent (May/June 2012)

UPTOWN DREAMS
Harlem Renaissance Man Joe Holland (May/June 2012)

UNSINKABLE
As the centennial of the Titanic disaster approaches, a look back at the fates of four Cornellian passengers (Mar/Apr 2012).

THE "H" IN HIV
Dr. Mark Katz '71 is a veteran of the AIDS epidemic (Mar/Apr 2012).

DYNAMIC DUO
Bruce Arena '73 and Dave Sarachan '76 team up to win another soccer title (Mar/Apr 2012).

BOLT FROM THE BLUE
Bryan Walters '10 beats the odds and lands in the NFL (Jan/Feb 2012).

A GOOD READ
Karen White '85 is one of the nation's premier audiobook narrators (Jan/Feb 2012).

CSI: REALITY
As New Jersey's top forensic scientist, Howard Baum '79 oversees a lab without dim lighting (or high heels) (Nov/Dec 2011).

GALAXY QUEST
Amateur astrophotographer Steve Mazlin '81, BA '82, captures eye-popping images of the night sky (Nov/Dec 2011).

COMPANY MAN
After the death of his father— the highest ranking firefighter to perish on 9/11—Chris Ganci '99 abandoned a business career to join the FDNY (Sept/Oct 2011).

OBSERVE AND REPORT
Meredith Scardino '98 and Liz Levin '98 make merry at 'The Colbert Report,' home to TV's favorite 'well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot' (Sept/Oct 2011).

NO PLACE LIKE HOME
A first-time mom in her seventies, Marilyn Berger '56 lives in Manhattan with the boy she rescued from the streets of Ethiopia(Sept/Oct 2011).

IN MEMORIAM
As chief of staff to the president of the September 11 memorial, Allison Bailey Blais '00 has an intimate view of the rebuilding at Ground Zero (Sept/Oct 2011).

URBAN COWBOYS
How college pals (and native New Yorkers) Jon Daniels '99 and A. J. Preller '99 led baseball's Texas Rangers to an American League pennant—and the team's first-ever World Series (July/Aug 2011).

FAMILY AFFAIR
With Bespoke History, a Cornellian couple creates elaborate and pricey genealogical volumes (July/Aug 2011).

THE BIG GRAPPLE
The Cornell wrestling team aims for a national championship (May/June 2011).

MOVING PICTURES
Producer Rob Fried '81 aims to make little films with big hearts (March/April 2011).

STARRY NIGHTS
With roots in astronomy and journalism, Ryan Wyatt '90 tells cosmic tales at San Francisco's high-tech planetarium (Jan/Feb 2011)

CALIFORNIA GREENING
Laura Avery '70 oversees one of the nation's top farmers' markets (Jan/Feb 2011)

WHERE THE AIR IS SWEET
"Sesame Street" scribe Belinda Ward '78 (Nov/Dec 2010)
 
FEVER PITCH 
Jazz singer Tish Oney '92 (Nov/Dec 2010)
 
THAT GUY
Character actor Bob Clendenin '86 (Sept/Oct 2010)

POSITION OF POWER
GM plant manager Nancy Laubenthal '85 (Sept/Oct 2010)

IDENTITY POLITICS
Transgender politician Dana Beyer '74 (July/Aug 2010)

POSTER CHILD
Melanie Hoffman '91 and the March of Dimes (July/Aug 2010)

CARD SHARP
Student poker prodigy Brian Hastings '10 (July/Aug 2010)

EPIC JOURNEY
Excerpt from Turn Left at the Trojan Horse, Brad's travel memoir which recounts his journey cross-country to attend his college reunion in Ithaca (May/June 2010)
 
SECOND SIGHT
At Google, a blind engineer aims to make technology more accessible (May/June 2010)

ACTION!
Profile of filmmaker Tia Lesson '86 (Mar/Apr 2010)

WHAT A RACQUET
Dan Farrugia '10 interns with the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour (Mar/Apr 2010)

TINY TROTTERS
Gordon Harris '71 is a leading breeder of miniature horses (Mar/Apr 2010)

PUT ME IN, COACH
Ed Marinaro's latest TV project (Jan/Feb 2010)

ECO CHIP
Organic ice cream entrepreneur (Jan /Feb 2010)

GO FIGURE
Profile of bodybuilder Jean Gutierrez '04 (Jan/Feb 2010)

SANTA CAUSE
Ernie Berger '65, a dead ringer for St. Nick, founded the world's largest volunteer Santa organization (Nov/Dec 2009)

SOLO
The story of Judy Mozersky, who has been "locked in" to an immobile body for two decades (Sept/Oct 2009)

NET PROFITS
Tatia Mays-Russell, chief financial officer of the National Lacrosse League (Sept/Oct 2009)

A LIFE IN SUM
Mathematician and civil rights martyr Lee Lorch (July/August 2009)

THAT’S SHOWBIZ 
The Cornell in Hollywood program (July/August 2009)

THE DEAL MAKER
Entertainment lawyer Kevin Morris (May/June 2009)

CSI: NORTH POLE
The mysterious death of an Artic explorer (March/April 2009)

PICTURE THIS
A profile of acclaimed Hollywood production designer Philip Messina (Nov/Dec 2008)

CAMP CONSOLER
Sherri Mandell channels grief for her fallen son into Israel's Camp Koby (Nov/Dec 2008)

ANIMATED PERSONALITY
A profile of Dreamworks animator Mahesh Ramasubramanian (Nov/Dec 2008)

PLAY BALL!
A profile of Colorado Rockies radio announcer Jack Corrigan (Sept/Oct 2008)

GOOD VIBE
John Resnick is the vibe manager at San Diego's Hard Rock Hotel (Sept/Oct 2008)

RADICAL THINKER
Sociologist Harry Edwards and lessons learned from the 1968 Olympics (July/August 2008)

THE DEADLY ARTS
A profile of thriller writer Barry Eisler (July/August 2008)

PLAYING BY HEART
Singer-songwriter Sam Shaber remembers a friend in song (May/June 2008)

STRANGER THAN FICTION
A profile of fictional Cornellians in film and literature (Mar/Apr 2008)

THE FACTS OF LIFE
Sex educator Sari Locker aims to be the Gen X Dr. Ruth (Mar/Apr 2008)

BALANCING ACT
Le Reve physical therapist Andrea Avruskin (Mar/Apr 2008)

MOTHER COURAGE
An ode to the late civil rights icon Carolyn Goodman (Nov/Dec 2007)

FULL COURT PRESS
A profile of New York Times NBA beat writer Liz Robbins (Nov/Dec 2007)

JUSTICE FIRST
A profile of Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Sears (July/August 2007)

THE CRANIAC
Crane conservationist George Archibald (July/August 2007)

THE REAL THING
Infamous Howard Hughes hoaxster Clifford Irving (Mar/Apr 2007)

MANATEE MAN
SeaWorld research biologist Dan Odell (Mar/Apr 2007)

ULTRA MAN 
World-class endurance athlete Mike Trevino (Jan/Feb 2007)

CHARACTER COUNTS
Profile of character actress Jane Lynch (Nov/Dec 2006)

THE PLAYERS CLUB
A veteran and rookie face life in the NFL (Sept/Oct 2006) 

PRIME TIME
Profile of frat brothers-turned-TV executives Kevin Reilly and Steve McPherson (Sept/Oct 2006)

WHAT’S IN A NAME
A Big Red reassessment (Sept/Oct 2006)

EL PRESIDENTE
A profile of West Wing president Jimmy Smits (July/Aug 2006)

FIRST AMONG EQUALS
The legacy of Cornell's first four-year class (March/April 2006)

YOUNG GUN
Twenty-eight year old Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels (March/April 2006)

DRAWING ROOM
Malcom Whyte and San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum (Jan/Feb 2006)

URBAN LEGEND
Will WWII hero Matt Urban finally get his stamp of approval? (Sept/Oct 2005)

GOLDEN TICKET
The story of Peter Ostrum, the movies' original Charlie Bucket (July/Aug 2005)

DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
Cornell's minor league dreamers (May/June 2005)

THE STRANGE CASE OF MICHAEL ROSS
A serial killer's pursuit of death becomes a case study in American justice (March/April 2005)

URBANE REBEL
The tale of former Hollywood leading man Franchot Tone (March/April 2005)

FAR AND WIDE 
Our oft-borrowed alma mater (March/April 2005)

BORN TO BE MILD
The Mild One - How did Harley-Davidson boff Jeff Bluestein turn a foundering outlaw icon into a chrome-plated corporate success story? (Jan. 2005)

DON’T BE CRUEL
Folksinger Peter Yarrow battles bullies (May/June 2004)

THE FAN
Can a former comic book kingpin (CEO Terry Stewart) keep the beat at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? (May/June 2004)

DR. EPONYMOUS
The man, the Maneuver and the many battles of Henry Heimlich (March/April 2004)

A MAN OF HIS WORDS
For linguist Allan Metcalf, tracing the frontiers of English draws a portrait of a changing world (Jan/Feb 2004)

CREATURE FEATURES
Attack of the Insect Fear Films (Jan/Feb 2004)

NEARLY FIRST
Charles Manly and the Great Aerodrome of 1903 (Nov. 2003)

LATINO FOOTBALL PLAYER
Ignacio Molinet – the Latino football whose single pro season made history (Sept. 2003)

WHY IS THIS MAN SMIRKING
Comic political commentator Bill Maher and free speech in a post 9-11 world (July 2003)

CAVEAT EMPTOR
Confusion amid college guidebooks (Sept. 2002)

OLDER AND WISER
Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the population (March 2002)

DIRECT KICK
Bruce Arena, Dave Sarachan and the rise of U.S. soccer (Nov. 2001)

OLYMPIC, HOPEFUL
The People’s Olympics protest of 1936 (Sept. 2000)

MAD MONEY
How thirteen-one hundredths of a second made for 15 minutes of fame, plus a little fortune (July 2000)

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE
The Class of 2000 vs. the Class of 1900 (May 2000)

THE BEST CODE-CRACKER OF THEM ALL
From Japanese ciphers to Shakespearean tragedies, cryptologist William Friedman lived for a good puzzle (March 2000)

I WANT MY, I WANT MY ESPN
A look inside the 24-hour sports cable behemoth (Jan. 2000)

THE FICKLE FINGER OF FRESHMAN FATE
An examination of the freshman-year roommate phenomenon (Nov. 1999)

THE ICEMAN RETURNETH
The travels of the NHL’s Stanley Cup (Sept. 1999)

LES IS MORE
The guru behind Zen at work (Sept. 1999)

LOCKED IN
The story of one woman’s courage after a brain stem stroke left her only able to communicate by moving her eyes (July 1999)

CHEAP THREADS
Whatever happened to the letter sweater? (Cornell Alumni Magazine, July 1999)

THEIR BIG HEADACHE
Cornell College vs. Cornell University (May 1999)

OUR BACK PAGES
100 years of Cornell Alumni News (March 1999)

ICE FOLLIES
An evening at Lynah Rink (March 1999)

THE QUEST FOR THE 4.3
A search for the perfect, straight-A-plus student at Cornell University (Jan. 1999)

THE BALD TRUTH
A lament about hair loss (Jan. 1999)

HEY, ROOKIE
The story of two Ivy Leaguers’ first year in the NFL (Cornell Alumni Magazine, Nov. 1998)

A CERTAIN DRAGON WHO LIVED BY THE SEA
The creation of Puff the Magic Dragon (Nov. 1998)

DRIVING FORCE
Cameron Argetsinger and the origins of racing at Watkins Glen (Cornell Alumni Magazine, Sept. 1998)

A WIZ THERE WAS
Frank Morgan, the Wizard of Oz (Sept. 1998)

FOREVER GREEN
A profile of famed golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, accompanied by an 18-hole RTJ “Dream Course” (May 1998)

CHASING THE GAME
A road trip with the Cornell basketball team (March 1998)

THE FIVE BAERS
The story of the Baer quintuplets (March 1998)

ON THE COUCH WITH DR. JOYCE BROTHERS (AS HERSELF)
Profile of Dr. Joyce Brothers (Jan. 1998)

THE BRONZE STANDARD
The surprising appeal of bronze vs. silver medals (Jan. 1998)

CLUBBING IT
A self-described non-joiner spends a week roaming Cornell’s campus clubs (Nov. 1997)

ON THE UP & UP
Long distance balloonist Don Cameron (Nov. 1997)

HUYGHUE – REMEMBER THE NAME
African-American football executive Michael Huyghue (Sept. 1997)

A FOOTBALL, DEFINED
The day a football was defined as a ‘prolate spheroid’ (Sept. 1997)

ONE MOTLEY CREW
The famed 1957 Cornell crew (July 1997)

THE LEGEND OF 5-8-77
The story behind perhaps the Grateful Dead’s most beloved concert – on Mother’s Day at Cornell in 1977 (May 1997)

SAME OLD BILL
Bill Maher’s ‘Politically Incorrect’ moves to ABC (March 1997)

WHAT I LEARNED IN SCHOOL TODAY
One day, ten Cornell classes, 29 credits (Jan. 1997)

ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
Profile of longtime civil rights activist Carolyn Goodman, mother of martyred Andy Goodman (Nov. 1996)

FACE OF A FOOTBALL SATURDAY
A college football photo essay (Oct. 1996)

BURIED SUNSHINE
Lightweight football and the annual Anthracite Bowl (Oct. 1996)

TREASURED ISLAND
The Shoals Marine Laboratory on Maine’s Appledore Island (July 1996)

THE CORNELL SPORTS 10
Ten Cornellians who had a lasting impact on American sports (April 1996)

I’M NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR REUNION!
Notes from a fifth college reunion (Sept. 1995)

THE ALL-EVERYTHING
All-league, straight-A student-athlete Jennifer Evans (Jan. 1995)

RESOLVED: THAT CORNELL’S DEBATE TEAM KICK SOME SERIOUS BUTT!
A road trip with the champion Cornell debaters (Nov. 1994)

THE SIDEWINDER
Soccer-style placekicker Pete Gogolak (Nov. 1994)

A LIFE, A BULLET AND THE DEATH OF A DREAM
The life and death of wrestler Willie James Jones (Oct. 1994)

COMING HOME
A journey through Cornell’s Reunion Weekend (Sept. 1994)

A CLEAN, WELL-LIGHTED LAUNDROMAT
An afternoon among the washing machines (July 1994)

A FAN’S NOTES
Profile of Ithaca (N.Y.) sports journalism legend Kenny Van Sickle (Dec. 1993)

A RIVALRY FORGED IN MUTUAL RESPECT
100 years of the Penn-Cornell football rivalry (Nov. 1993)

HOW TO TALK TO A REFEREE
Lessons in schmoozing a football official (Oct. 1993)

BILL MAHER WANTS TO MAKE YOU LAUGH
The life and lessons of a comedian (Sept. 1993)

THE RECRUITING GAUNTLET
An examination of a coach’s toughest task (April 1993)

LYNAH RINK – NO BETTER PLACE TO BE
An homage to Cornell’s musty old hockey rink (Jan. 1993)


HOME
BIO
PRESS & PRAISE
CALENDAR
BOOKS FOR KIDS
BOOKS FOR ADULTS
ARTICLES
BLOGS
SCHOOL VISITS
LEADER GUIDES
TESTIMONIALS
SPEAKING
CONTACT
© Brad Herzog 2018