Zach Schonbrun has been a contributing writer for The New York Times since 2011, covering primarily sports and business. He
graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in economics in 2009 and earned a master's degree from Columbia University's
Graduate School of Journalism in 2011. His work has also appeared in ESPN magazine, Newsday, The Washington Post, Yahoo! Sports,
VICE, and SB Nation Longform. He currently lives in New York City with his newly wed wife.