Ukończył Bergen Catholic High School w Oradell (New Jersey, USA).
Jest autorem lub współautorem pięciu książek:
- 1991r. - "Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With "Boss" Steinbrenner";
- 2001r. - "Zim - A Baseball Life";
- 2003r. - "Pride of October: What it Was to Be Young and a Yankee";
- 2004r. - "Bill Madden: My 25 Years Covering Baseball's Heroes, Scoundrels, Triumphs and Tragedies";
- 2010r. - "Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball".