Sam Smith

Sam Smith has been covering the Chicago Bulls and the NBA for more than four decades. He was a reporter and columnist for the Chicago Tribune for twenty-eight years, and currently writes for the Bulls’ official website. Sam has received the prestigious Curt Gowdy Media Award from the NBA Hall of Fame, and the Professional Basketball Writers Association Lifetime Achievement award. He is the author of the classic bestselling book The Jordan Rules—for which he had unparalleled access to Michael Jordan and the championship 1991-92 Chicago Bulls team—as well as the books Hard Labor, Second Coming, and There is No Next. You can follow him on Twitter @SamSmithHoops.