Kerry J. Byrne is the founder of ColdHardFootballFacts.com, a columnist for SportsIllustrated.com and the nation's leading authority in the "gridiron lifestyle" of beer, food and football. He's been honored multiple times by the Pro Football Writers of America for the nation's best game and enterprise reporting and has written for Esquire, Yankee Magazine, Conde Nast publications, Epicurious.com and Boston Magazine.
Kerry is also a longtime beer and food writer for The Boston Herald and various food-and-drink publications, has traveled extensively to write about the world's best eats and drinks. He was twice named North American "beer writer of the year" at the Great American Beer Festival and has appeared everywhere from the Food Network to NFL Films. As a football analysts, Kerry pioneered the concept of Cold, Hard Football Facts' groundbreaking "Quality Stats" that have a direct correlation to winning football games.
Kerry loves Defensive Passer Rating, smoky Bamberger rauchbier, Wendell's extra spicy wings, the Southeastern Conference, reverent Normandy battlefields, country music, rustic Flemish beer bars and grainy old game tape of Lombardi's Green Bay sweep.