Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli

Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli are identical twin brothers and co-authors of BOYCOTT: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (New Chapter Press).  BOYCOTT is their second book. Their first was the regional bestseller STRIKING SILVER: The Untold Story of America’s Forgotten Hockey Team (Sports Publishing LLC) published in January 2006.

Jerry is the Director, Communications for the CBS Television Network’s Sports Division.  Tom is the president and founder of Lions Roar Public Relations and a former television public relations executive with NBC Sports/USA Network.  Each has been working in some capacity in sports communications for the past 20 years.  They grew up in upstate Oswego, New York.

Among his career highlights, Jerry has worked in Major League Baseball for the California Angels and Oakland Athletics organizations, as well as Major League Baseball International as the Director of Media Relations for the Australian Baseball League in Sydney, Australia.  He has worked for CBS Sports for more than 13 years on some of the biggest events in sports including the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, Super Bowls XXXV, XXXVIII, XLI, XLIV, the NCAA Championship and Final Four, as well as the U.S. Open Tennis Championships and the Masters® and PGA Championship.

Among his career highlights, Tom also has worked in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox in various capacities in the organization, was the Director of Sports Information at Merrimack College in Andover, Massachusetts, and a managing editor at Professional Sports Publications in New York City before working at NBC/USA for more than five years, where he worked on events such as the Masters®, Ryder Cup, U.S. Open Tennis Championships and the 2004 Olympic Summer Games.