L. Jon Wertheim is an award-winning senior writer for Sports Illustrated and the author of "'Transition Game: How Hoosiers Went Hip-Hop"' and "'Venus Envy."' Film rights to his Sports Illustrated story on Kid Delicious were optioned by Lions Gate, and the film is currently in development. A member of the New Jersey and New York bar associations, Wertheim received his B.A. from Yale and his J.D. from the Universtiy of Pennsylvania Law School. He resides in New York, NY.