Assistant Project

Neil Hayes

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Sports writing

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: (8/06-4/13) – Enterprise/feature writer, Notre Dame football beat writer, general columnist, Chicago Bears columnist, Bulls beat writer.

CONTRA COSTA TIMES, Walnut Creek, CA: (7/91-8/06) – Prep sports reporter, prep sports editor, Oakland Raiders beat writer, columnist (10 years).

ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Phoenix, AZ: (8/90-7/91) – Northern Arizona sports correspondent.

ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Flagstaff, AZ: (6/87-8/90) – Prep writer, Northern Arizona University beat writer, assistant sports editor.

Book writing

Author of When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football’s Longest Winning Streak (North Atlantic Books, 2003).

Author of Chasing Perfection: The Leadership Principles Behind Winning the De La Salle Way (Triumph, 2015)

Co-author of The Last Putt: Two Teams, One Dream and a Freshman Named Tiger (Houghton-Mifflin, 2010).

Television writing

Scriptwriter for ESPN’s 151: The Greatest Streak, an hour-long documentary inspired by When the Game Stands Tall.

Movie production

Associate producer and member of creative team for When the Game Stands Tall, a major motion picture starring Jim Caviezel, Laura Dern, Michael Chiklis and Alexander Ludwig. Movie released, August, 2014 by Mandalay, Sony.

TV Production

Arranged and conducted all on-camera interviews for hour-long, ESPN-documentary 151: The Greatest Streak. Was part of creative team from the beginning and was an active participant in the editing process.

Currently working as consultant/associate producer for 60 Minutes segment that I proposed to CBS News.

Television/Radio

Appeared on numerous local and national broadcasts, including CBS Evening News, The Today Show, ESPN’s SportsCenter and Outside the Lines, WGN’s News at Noon and WTTW’s Chicago Tonight.

Awards

1994 APSE first place for enterprise reporting

2000 APSE top ten for enterprise reporting

2004 APSE fourth place for feature writing

2004 APSE fourth place for project reporting

2005 APSE Top 10 for column writing

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