User talk:STEVEN TRAVERS

STEVEN TRAVERS 111 Oak Springs Dr. San Anselmo, CA 94960-1324 (415) 456-6898

Fax: (603) 658-0612 Email: USCSTEVE1@aol.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (1994-2008) SPORTS COLUMNIST - San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Calif. SPORTS COLUMNIST - StreetZebra Magazine, Marina Del Rey, Calif. SPORTSWRITER- Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News. SCREENWRITER, FREELANCE WRITER AND PUBLISHED AUTHOR.

EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, Calif., Bachelor of Arts degree - Communication Arts & Sciences (attended USC School of Cinema-Television). HOLLYWOOD FILM INSTITUTE, Los Angeles, Calif., Certificate of Completion. UCLA WRITERS’ PROGRAM, Los Angeles, Calif. WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, Fullerton, Calif.

BOOKS: PIGSKIN WARRIORS: 140 YEARS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S GREATEST TRADITIONS, GAMES, AND STARS, 2009; ONE NIGHT, TWO TEAMS: ALABAMA VS. USC AND THE GAME THAT CHANGED A NATION (subject of CBS/College Sports TV documentary Tackling Segregation, soon to be a major motion picture; a PNBA nominee), 2007; THE USC TROJANS: COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S ALL-TIME GREATEST DYNASTY, 2006 (Amazon.com “top seller,” National Book Network “top 100 seller”), Taylor Trade/Rowman & Littlefield; THE 1969 MIRACLE METS, 2009, The Globe Pequot Press. DODGERS ESSENTIAL: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BE A REAL FAN!; A’S ESSENTIAL; ANGELS ESSENTIAL; DIAMONDBACKS ESSENTIAL; THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY LOS ANGELES LAKERS, 2007; THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY OAKLAND RAIDERS; TROJANS ESSENTIAL, 2008; THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 2009, Triumph Books/Random House. BARRY BONDS: BASEBALL’S SUPERMAN, 2002 (best seller, multiple re-print, now in paperback, nominated for Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of Year), Sports Publishing L.L.C. DODGERS BASEBALL PAST AND PRESENT, 2009, Voyageur Press. A TALE OF THREE CITIES: NEW YORK, L.A., AND SAN FRANCISCO DURING THE 1962 BASEBALL SEASON, 2009, Potomac Books.

SCREENPLAYS: THE LOST BATTALLION, 2002 (subject of A&E TV movie starring Rick Schroder); WICKED, BAJA CALIFORNIA. 21. ONE NIGHT, TWO TEAMS (based on the author's book ONE NIGHT, TWO TEAMS: ALABAMA VS. USC AND THE GAME THAT CHANGED A NATION).

SCREENWRITING AWARDS: ONCE HE WAS AN ANGEL, Quantum Leap, Calabasas, California (optioned by group that included Frank Capra Jr., son of the famed director); BANDIT, America’s Best, Orlando, Florida; ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HEAVEN, Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, Beverly Hills, California.

ACTING: THE CALIFORNIANS, 2005, starring Noah Wylie and Illeana Douglas.

INTERNET: Steven Travers' Journal.

LEGAL/SPORTS AGENT: San Francisco Sports Management, Inc.

MILITARY: United States Army Reserves.

ATHLETICS: Professional baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics; Coach, USC, Cal-Berkeley; Manager, Berlin Sluggers, Berlin, Germany.

POLITICS: Campaign manager, California Congressional election; political consultant, speechwriter; Hollywood Congress of Republicans; Speeches on behalf of John McCain 2008 campaign.

VOLUNTEERING/ORGANIZATIONS: Marin Literacy Program; USC Alumni Club; NorCal Trojan Club; Christ Lutheran Church.

ACADEME: Guest speaker, University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communications.