Michael Farber

Michael Farber (born September 1951) is an American author and sports journalist, and was a writer with ''Sports Illustrated'' from 1994 to 2014. He covered mostly ice hockey and Olympic sports. Before 1994, Farber spent 15 years as a sports columnist for the ''Montreal Gazette,'' and previously wrote for the ''Bergen Record,'' and the ''Sun Bulletin.'' Farber is a commentator for CJAD 800 AM in Montreal, and on The Sports Network's ''The Reporters.''

Farber grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1973, and is a Phi Beta Kappa Society member. He relocated to Montreal in 1979. He won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 2003, and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee. Provided by Wikipedia