About Jerry Izenberg

By Connor Mount

Jerry Izenberg was born in Neptune City, New Jersey. zenberg came to the Ledger looking for money to pay for tuition after the chemical plant he’d spent two years working in blew up. He may have entered the field on a whim, but he found a way to remain. Now a columnist emeritus at the Star Ledger following his retirement from daily work in 2006.

The three journalists who have covered every Super Bowl are Izenberg, Detroit’s Jerry Green and New Jersey’s Dave Klein. He has been covering the Kentucky Derby for just as long, and has seen the Triple Crown races of each of the last four Triple Crown winners.

He covers major boxing fights and his contract with the Ledger says he will be present for any bowl game Rutgers plays in.

Izenberg also has written 12 books and is in the process of writing a 13th, this one on the golden era of heavyweight boxing champions, extending from Sonny Liston’s knockout of Floyd Patterson to Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield’s ear.

The late Howard Cosell helped get that show on the air. He’s contributed to 35 network TV documentaries, with “A Man Named Lombardi” earning an Emmy nomination.