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General Information:
Full Name: Phil Berger
Biography:
(1942-2001) Author, journalist. Phil Berger was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Jackson Heights, New York. He was known for his sports writing.
Author's Timeline:
1942 Kings County
Phil Berger was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1942. 
2001 Queens County
Phil Berger died at his home in Jackson Heights, New York, on March 12, 2001. 
1986 New York County
Mr. Berger was a boxing reporter for The New York Times from 1986 to 1992. 
2000 (Unknown) County
Knight Fall: Bobby Knight, The True Story Behind America's Most Controversial Coach
(Pub: Pinnacle ISBN: 0786014148 / 978-0786014149)
Nonfiction. 
1999 (Unknown) County
Forever Showtime: The Checkered Life Of Pistol Pete Maravich
(Pub: Taylor Trade Publishing ISBN: 0878332375 / 978-0878332373)
Nonfiction. 
1970 (Unknown) County
Miracle On 33rd Street: The New York Knickerbockers' Championship Season
(Pub: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0671208098 / 978-0671208097)
Nonfiction. 
1996 (Unknown) County
Blood Season: Mike Tyson And The World Of Boxing
(Pub: Four Walls Eight Windows ISBN: 156858069X / 978-1568580692)
Nonfiction. 
1993 (Unknown) County
Punch Lines: Berger On Boxing
(Pub: Da Capo Press ISBN: 094142393X / 978-0941423939)
Nonfiction. 
2000 (Unknown) County
Price Of Glory
Screenplay. 
1975 (Unknown) County
The Last Laugh: The World Of Stand-Up Comics
(Pub: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0345248562 / 978-0345248565)
Nonfiction. 
1984 (Unknown) County
Deadly Kisses
(Pub: Ace ISBN: 0441142168 / 978-0441142163)
Novel. 
2001 Queens County
Phil Berger was interred at Knollwood Park Cemetery in Glendale, New York. 
1996 (Unknown) County
Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier
(Pub: Macmillan General Reference ISBN: 002860847X / 978-0028608471)
Joe Frazier's autobiography written with Mr. Berger. 
1999 (Unknown) County
Against the Odds
(Pub: Robson Books Ltd ISBN: 1861052367 / 978-1861052360)
Larry Holmes' autobiography written with Phil Berger. 

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