Yaron Weitz­man is an award-win­ning NBA writer and the author of two books. His lat­est, A Hol­ly­wood End­ing: The Dreams and Dra­ma of the LeBron Lak­ers, was named one of the best books of 2025 by The New York­er. His work has appeared in The Ringer, Bleach­er Report, Yahoo Sports, FOX Sports, and GQ, and was select­ed for ​“Best Amer­i­can Sports Writ­ing.” None of this, how­ev­er, tops his career high­light: serv­ing as the ESPN Radio col­lege intern respon­si­ble for deliv­er­ing Stephen A. Smith his dai­ly bag of Cheez Doo­dles. Yaron lives in New Rochelle, N.Y., with his wife and three kids.