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Alexander Wolff

b. 1957

American journalist

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About Alexander Wolff

Born 1957. Alexander Wolff is an American journalist.

Alexander Wolff is a writer for Sports Illustrated and former owner of the Vermont Frost Heaves of the Premier Basketball League (PBL).

Career Wolff has written several books about basketball, among them Big Game, Small World , a look at basketball around the world.

University of Miami articles Wolff's most notable and notorious work was a cover article in Sports Illustrated in the magazine's June 12, 1995 edition, titled "Why the University of Miami Should Drop Football." In it, Wolff wrote an open letter to then University of Miami president Edward T. Foote II, expressing his view that the Hurricanes had become a "disease" that had ruined the school's image and needed to be at least temporarily shut down.

In 2011, Wolff wrote a follow-up letter in 2011 to then University of Miami president Donna Shalala following the Nevin Shapiro booster controversy.

Book Endpapers: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape, and Home, Wolff's memoir of his father and grandfather Kurt Wolff, and observations drawn from his year living in Berlin, was published in 2021.

Filmography YearTitleRoleNotesRef 2012 The Other Dream TeamHimself Documentary about the Lithuania men's national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Who is Alexander Wolff?

American journalist

When was Alexander Wolff born?

Alexander Wolff was born on 3 February 1957 in Princeton.

What is Alexander Wolff's occupation?

Alexander Wolff is a journalist.

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Alexander Wolff is American.

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· Wikipedia: Alexander Wolff

· Wikidata: Q4720411

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