JOHN EISENBERG was an award-winning sports columnist for the
Baltimore Sun for two decades and is the author of
Ten-Gallon War, That First Season, My Guy Barbaro (cowritten with jockey Edgar Prado), and
The Great Match Race. He has written for
Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, and
Details, among other publications, and currently contributes columns to BaltimoreRavens.com. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.