Mike Vaccaro has been the lead sports columnist for ''

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'' since November 2002. Previously, he has worked as a columnist at ''

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'', ''

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'', and the ''

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'' of

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. He was also a sports editor of the

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, and was appointed to that position in 1991. Vaccaro has won over 50 writing awards since beginning his career in 1989 as a reporter for the ''

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'', where his primary beat was

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basketball. Vaccaro is a 1989 graduate of St. Bonaventure University. He and his wife, Leigh, live in

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. Author of ''Emperors and Idiots: The Hundred Year Rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox, From the Very Beginning to the End of the Curse.'' and of ''1941: The Greatest Year in Sports''.

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Mike Vaccaro radio interview First Fall Classic WSLR with Doug Miles
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