Mark Cannizzaro

Mark Cannizzaro was born in Port Chester, N.Y. in 1961 and is currently a sports columnist for the New York Post, where he's covered the New York Jets, the NFL, golf, college basketball and virtually every other other sport since 1993.

He's written two books _ "Tales From the Jets Sidelines'' and his current book, "New York Jets: The Complete Illustrated History,'' which is a comprehesive look at the Jets from their inception as the New York Titans and includes a foreward written by Joe Namath.

Mark has won numerous writing and reporting awards in his newspaper career, which began in 1983. He lives in New York City and Highlands, New Jersey with his wife, Carolyn Waters. He grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut and attended Ithaca College, where he played soccer and tennis competitively for the Blue Bombers.