Media Appearances and Book Writing
He has been featured on national television programs such as “60 Minutes,” “Larry King Live,” “The Today Show” and in magazines such as Business Week, Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, People, Success, Forbes, Playboy, GQ and most recently "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel". Currently, Steinberg contributes a weekly column to Forbes, The Huffington Post, and Daily Pilot, as well as occasionally contributing a guest column to The New York Times and Sporting News
Steinberg wrote a best-selling book with Michael D'Orso, "Winning with Integrity: Getting What You Want Without Selling Your Soul", published by Three Rivers Press in October 1999. The book providing readers insight on how to improve their life through non-confrontational negotiating. The majority of the proceeds raised on his 1999 book tour were donated to the Junior Achievement Educational Foundation. He has also penned the foreword in Pray Ball! The Spiritual Insights of a Jewish Sports Fan.
Steinberg was a speaker at the independently organized TED Talk hosted by Chapman University. He spoke about "Making an impact in the world through sports". Steinberg gave key insights into the changes he's brought to the world through sports; one of his strategies was to encourage his clients to give back to the high school community that helped shape them. Steinberg made it a practice not to take any clients who weren't interested in contributing.
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