 In conjunction with his work on college sports he appeared on many national TV and radio programs, including CBS-TV's "60 Minutes", NPR's "Morning Edition", "All Things Considered", and "Talk of the Nation", and PBS-TV's "Newshour".He also contributed op-ed pieces to "The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education," and other periodicals, including "The New York Times".Sperber was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.