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Jack F. Curry is an American sports commentator. He has worked in television for the
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since 2010, providing analysis of
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baseball games during pregame and postgame shows. He was part of YES's Emmy Award-winning Yankee coverage in 2011. He is also a columnist for Yesnetwork.com. Until 2009, he was a journalist, most recently as national baseball correspondent for ''
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''. Before taking over that position, he was the newspaper's beat writer covering the Yankees. He worked at ''The New York Times'' for 22 years.


Author

In 2000, Curry co-wrote a book with Derek Jeter titled ''The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams''. The book was a N.Y. Times best-seller and sold more than 150,000 copies. In 2019, Curry co-wrote a book with
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's "
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" radio program. He has been seen nationally on networks such as
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and
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. Curry currently works for the YES Network.


Personal

Curry graduated in 1982 from Hudson Catholic Regional High School in Jersey City. Curry was invited to a Hudson Catholic event on May 12 as a guest speaker. On April 23, Curry was inducted into the school's hall of fame. Curry earned a bachelor's degree in Communications from Fordham University in 1986. Curry and his wife Pamela reside in
River Vale, New Jersey River Vale is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. River Vale is the easternmost municipality in an area of the county referred to as the Pascack Valley. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 9,6 ...
. As discussed on radio interviews and his news blog, he has competed in the
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.


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