Michael Silver (sportswriter)
Michael Silver is an American sportswriter and television analyst who currently works for Bally Sports. He previously worked for "Sports Illustrated", Yahoo Sports, and NFL Network. Biography. Early life and education. Silver was born in San Francisco in 1966 and raised in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Career. Silver began his career as a sports writer and columnist for the Santa Rosa "Press Democrat", where he covered the San Francisco 49ers and Golden State Warriors from 1990 to 1994. He also covered the 49ers for the "Sacramento Union" and served as a  correspondent for "Pro Football Weekly" and "The Sporting News". Silver began work at "Sports Illustrated" in November 1994, eventually becoming a senior writer there. He was one of the magazine's lead football writers, having authored game stories for Super Bowl XXIX through XLI and personal profiles of famous sports characters. He has also written articles for "GQ" and "Rolling Stone". Silver started working for Yahoo Sports at the beginning of the 2007 NFL season and was hired by NFL Network in 2013. He left NFL Network in 2021 and began working for Bally Sports in October of that year . Awards. Silver, who lists pro football, pro basketball, tennis and college softball as his favorite sports to cover, has received numerous writing awards from several organizations, including the Pro Football Writers of America, the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Pro Basketball Writers of America.