Neil Best is a sports media journalist for Newsday. Best has worked at Newsday for over 30 years and currently publishes the column SportsWatch.

Early life

Best moved from Hillside, New Jersey to

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at age 11. He came of age on Long Island, where he would establish his career."SMJ Interview- Neil Best, Newsday"
"Sports Media Journal", 14 August 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2016. In high school, Best was a journalist for The Rag at

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. Best went on to attend college at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

and wrote for

The Cornell Daily Sun ''The Cornell Daily Sun'' is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York by students at Cornell University and hired employees. ''The Sun'' features coverage of the university and its environs as well as stories from the Associa ...

until his graduation in 1982.McIntyre, Jason
"On Blogs, Old Media and New York Characters: An Interview with Newsday's Neil Best"
"The Big Lead", 8 August 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

Career

After his graduation from Cornell, Best began his career at Newsday in 1982. However, he left for a few years to work at The Anchorage Times. He returned to Newsday in 1985 and has remained at the paper since."Neil Best , Newsday"
"Newsday", Retrieved 22 May 2016. Throughout his career at Newsday, Best has covered a variety of sports topics. He began writing about St. John's Red Storm men's basketball and went on to do beat reporting about the New York Giants. He has periodically appeared on the television show Giants Online, hosted by

Bob Papa Robert L. Papa (born September 19, 1964) is an American sportscaster who is currently the radio play-by-play voice for the New York Giants of the National Football League. Papa also is the lead broadcaster for PGA Tour Champions events on Golf ...

and Pat Hanlon."Giants vs. Bills Gameday TV & Radio Listings"
"Giants.com", 14 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2016. In 2005, he began his current sports media and business column, SportsWatch. In 2007, Best began his online sports blog, WatchDog, which quickly became popular. When

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acquired Newsday a few years later, readers had to start paying a monthly subscription fee to read WatchDog, causing Best to bid his readers farewell.Fang, Ken
"Newsday's Neil Best Says Goodbye"
"The Sports Daily", 27 October 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2016. As Best continues to write for Newsday, he has maintained a presence in various media platforms, evaluating everything from sports radio shows to the Super Bowl.Arnoldine, Tony
"WFAN's Craig Carton blasts Newsday's Neil Best"
"Bleacher Report", 25 February 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2016.Keefe, Neil
"Keefe To The City: Chat With Neil Best"
"CBS New York", 8 February 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2016. He has two daughters.

References

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