Jon Wertheim is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He joined the magazine in 1997 and covers tennis, sports business issues and the NBA.
Wertheim received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and joined SI immediately after passing both the New Jersey and New York bar exams. Before law school, he was the assistant editor at Rip City, a Portland Trail Blazers fan magazine. He received his bachelor’s degree from Yale in 1993.
Wertheim’s most memorable piece at SI was “Where’s Daddy?” a May 1998 cover story about athletes and their out-of-wedlock children, which he co-authored with SI’s Grant Wahl.
Wertheim also covered David Wells' perfect game at Yankee Stadium in 1998. Wertheim lives in New York City with his wife and son, and enjoys collecting old postcards, doing crossword puzzles and watching The Simpsons. He also plays squash and tennis.
April 2002
Jon Wertheim
