In his long career in journalism, Bonventre was an award-winning sportswriter atNewsweek magazine. As a writer/producer at ABC Sports, he won three Emmys, and co-authored Howard Cosell's I Never Played the Game, which spent six months on the New York Times best seller list. Switching his focus to entertainment news, Bonventre joined Time Inc, where he served as a senior editor at Life magazine and Editorial Director of Entertainment Weekly magazine. At the same time, he appeared on ESPN as a pop culture commentator. He lives in Manhattan and Bronxville, N.Y., with his wife, Donna Olshan, who is a real estate broker and a columnist at Forbes.com.
