John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro are freelance writers based in Brooklyn, New York. Together they have written for the New York Times , the New Yorker , the Atlantic , VICE Sports , ESPN, and Sports Illustrated. They are the authors of One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title and the young adult book¿ War in the Ring: Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, and the Fight between America and Hitler. Florio is also a novelist and Shapiro is an Emmy-winning writer and producer of sports documentaries. Bob Costas has been broadcasting sports for four decades. For more