Dream Jobs: Meet Sportswriter, By Mike Lupica

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In the article, "Dream Jobs: Meet sportswriter, Mike Lupica", it talks about how Mike Lupica and how he had achieved almost everything a sports writer could. He has written books, news articles, and inspired others. He wrote for 3 newspapers for the school and covered the Knicks basketball team. Although he did not start writing sports books for children, his son played a part in making his first book. " But I couldn't let go of the story of the team. The story became "Travel Team," my first book for kids. It sold 500,000 copies and changed my life as a writer." This was his first ever book and it sold many copies. His newest book "Lone Stars" is about concussions and brain injuries in football. He chose to write about this because its a way

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