Jeff Benedict

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NBC's full hour special MORMON IN AMERICA. See the entire episode HERE.

Jabari Parker discusses his faith and talent on the court on Good Morning America. (See Here)

Jeff's cover story on Jabari Parker. (READ IT HERE)

Watch Jeff discussing Mormon Way with Charlie Rose on The CBS Early Show. (Click Here)

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To Serve Or Not To Serve?

Jeff talks about Jabari Parker on Inside Sports Illustrated and NPR's Only A Game podcast

A top student and football star in South Central L.A., Kitam Hamm is one of a growing number of high school athletes who facelife-and-death decisions every day as they try to survive in gang-infested communities.
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"Gangs & Sports"

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A new edition of The Mormon Way of Doing Business went on sale April 11. It includes a new chapter on Mitt Romney (Click Here)

Watch Armen Keteyian's report on Mitt Romney and The Mormon Way of Doing Business.

Blog

Friends

Today the paperback edition of Poisoned goes on sale. It features a new chapter, updating what’s happened since the book’s original publication... Read more..

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND

Last Thursday I was stuck in traffic at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, my radio tuned to the press conference in Boston. The sky over Manhattan... Read more..

Boston

I was writing a blog on college sports when the bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon. The images of fallen runners and bloodied spectators felt... Read more..

SIMPLE PLEASURES

When I was a kid I never understood why adults dislike birthdays. A couple days ago I turned 47. Now I get it.

Childhood birthdays are about... Read more..

Focus

“Are you okay?”

I’ve been getting that a lot lately, mainly in emails from people – some friends, some strangers – who read... Read more..

Duke

In May I had the privilege of writing the Sports Illustrated cover story on Jabari Parker, the nation's best high school basketball player. Today,... Read more..

GRIEF

Dave Checketts is not a professionally trained clergyman. The former chairman of Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks is currently CEO... Read more..

Spilled Milk

This story is about forgiveness. We get our milk from an organic dairy farm. It’s delivered to our home in bottles on a truck. On average... Read more..

ZIGGY

Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice Up until a few months ago, the only Ziggy I knew was a persona created by David Bowie. Turns out the real Ziggy doesn’t... Read more..

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

Georgia Tech cheerleader. Photo by Jeff Benedict I’m on a downtown street corner in Atlanta, about a block from historic Bobby Dodd Stadium. It’s... Read more..

SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Washington State football coach Mike Leach (Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice)
I’m writing this post from the air. It’s a Sunday morning and I’m... Read more..

A GOOD COWBOY

T. Boone Pickens (courtesy of T. Boone Pickens) I spent the weekend with T. Boone Pickens, one of the wealthiest men in America. He made his fortune in... Read more..

GOING DEEP

Fall is here and I’m writing a book about college football. That means practically every weekend I’m in some college town taking in a game.... Read more..

BEATING THE DEVIL

This story is about overcoming. Last week I was in Utah, profiling Mike Leach, the head coach at Washington State University. His team... Read more..

REAL LIFE

The sunset on Long Island Sound. (Photo by Jeff Benedict) Today I’m doing commentary for NPR’s “On Point,” discussing Romney and Mormonism at... Read more..

A MORMON MOMENT

For the past week and a half I’ve been on vacation up in New England with my kids. We’re staying on a beach along the Connecticut shore. I purposely... Read more..

DANCING IN THE PARK

(Boston,MA) Both of my sons were born in Boston. About the time they learned to walk I started taking them to Red Sox games. As a native New Englander,... Read more..

SOMEBODY TO LOVE

(Aug. 11, 2012) I’m running to Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love.” I’m in San Francisco. Blue sky. Setting sun. Only the peaks... Read more..

TUNNEL OF LOVE

(August 1, 2012) I grew up in a place called Pleasure Beach. It was the ideal setting to be a boy. Our house was a block from the ocean on the Connecticut... Read more..

BARBARA

Barbara Walters and Jeff Benedict at Manhattan Temple in New York. There are few journalists I admire more than Barbara Walters. To call her a pioneer... Read more..

SEE YOU IN HEAVEN

Ever wake up somewhere and wonder how you got there? Yesterday morning I woke up at an ocean resort in sunny Puerto Rico. As nice as that sounds,... Read more..

KATIE

Maggie with Katie About a month before my story on 17-year-old basketball sensation Jabari Parker appeared in Sports Illustrated, I showed the text... Read more..

Life

(New York, NY) Tuesday I got out of bed at 4 a.m. in rural Virginia and headed for the airport to catch a 6 a.m. flight to New York. I... Read more..

COVERS

Hours after my cover story on Jabari Parker hit newsstands last week, my younger brother Ben texted me from Seattle: “Your name is ON THE COVER... Read more..

CHICAGO’S FINEST

(NY, NY) I was traveling to New York on Monday when my editor called and read me the cover language for the upcoming issue of Sports Illustrated that... Read more..

POLITICS

Mitt Romney campaigning in Connecticut
Ten years ago I ran for Congress in Connecticut. It was an amazing time to seek public office. I had... Read more..

A WORKING MOTHER

Last week I was in New York to kick off the release of the new edition of The Mormon Way of Doing Business. I discussed Mitt Romney and Mormonism... Read more..

MITT

(Southport, CT) Mitt Romney has been on my mind a lot since January. That month my editor Rick Wolff called and asked if I'd write a 6,000-word... Read more..

BILL AND MIKE

(Pullman, WA) A friend of mine knows Warren Buffett well. He once asked Buffett for advice on whether to purchase a particular stock.... Read more..

MORE I CANNOT WISH

I’m sitting courtside, at the press table in a jam-packed arena, amongst thousands of screaming fans. But I can’t hear them. I’ve got my ear buds... Read more..

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

I’m writing this post from a warm, sunny beach on a tiny secluded island. I came here over two weeks ago to vacation with my family and finish two... Read more..

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

I have a confession to make. A couple weeks ago my 15-year-old son Tennyson published his first piece of writing on-line, a wonderfully... Read more..

Blink

My last blog was on dying. This one is on living. Back in October, “Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway”... Read more..

Crossing The Bar

The call came the day after Christmas. “Grandpa’s aneurysm ruptured.” I was at home in Virginia, about... Read more..

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

For the past three months I’ve been working on one of the best stories of my career. It appears in Sports Illustrated today and is called... Read more..

A SINGER AND A CHEF

If I could be someone else for five minutes, I’d be Van Morrison so I could sing ‘Someone... Read more..

SEE NO EVIL

Penn State head coach Joe Paterno. In law school I spent a summer working as an assistant to the chief prosecutor in a child sex crimes unit. One of... Read more..

A Life Worth Living

Ray Brown and Steve Jobs
Remember Ray Brown? He’s the 86-year-old bookkeeper that I wrote about back in July after he was diagnosed with... Read more..

I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT

Over the summer I encountered a woman so stunning that I couldn’t look away. It happened at the Majestic Theater on Broadway. I was... Read more..

A WITNESS TO HISTORY

Painting by: Ed Vebell I like looking at the world through other people’s eyes. To a certain extent, that’s my job. But I’m also hopelessly... Read more..

A JUSTICE AND A GENTLEMAN

Justice Richard Palmer Sometimes I find myself in some pretty unusual situations. All right, make that most of the time. Take last month, for... Read more..

Showtime

On Monday my publisher will officially announce that Lifetime is making a movie based on Little Pink House, and Brooke Shields, who is currently on Broadway... Read more..

The Apprentice

Clancy and Jeff Benedict Last week I took a business trip to Salt Lake City. Mark Willes, the CEO of Deseret Management Corporation, asked me to conduct... Read more..

The Accidental CEO

Two years ago I wrote a book called How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy: The R.C. Willey Story. Tonight a television documentary based on... Read more..

When You're Feeling Sad

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, Brown paper packages tied up with strings – These are... Read more..

The Next Outbreak

During my career I've written well over fifty articles and essays for newspapers and magazine. It's fair to say that none of them tackle a public health... Read more..

Postcards From A Book Tour

Today I'm writing from Portland, Oregon, where I landed last night after concluding my first week on the road to promote POISONED. This has been the... Read more..

I Love What I Do

New Trailer For Poisoned When I entered law school I wanted to be a prosecutor. I'm so glad I became a writer instead. Law was the more conventional... Read more..

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