Joseph Romanos (born 1957) is a New Zealand journalist, author and broadcaster focusing mainly on sport.
Life and career
Romanos has worked on a number of New Zealand newspapers. In 2008 he became editor of The Wellingtonian and in 2012 he also became The Dominion Post's Metro chief reporter. He was the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame's executive director from 1995 to 1998.
He and his wife Gael Woods have four children. Together with Phil Murray, Joseph and Gael founded the publishing house Trio Books in 2003.
Chris Lewis: All the Way to Wimbledon 1984Makers of Champions: Great NZ Coaches 1987Famous Fullbacks 1989Famous Flankers 1990Great New Zealand Cricket Families: A Celebration 1992A Century of Great New Zealand Cricketers 1993Arthur's Boys: The Golden Era of New Zealand Athletics 1994Tortured Genius 1995 (on Martin Crowe)Black 1997 (a novel)John Reid: A Cricketing Life 2000Merv Wallace: A Cricket Master 2000Judas Game: The Betrayal of New Zealand Rugby 2002Great Sporting Rivals 2004Cricket Confidential: The Game's Greatest Players, Matches and Disputes 2005New Zealand's Top 100 History-Makers 2005, 2008New Zealand's Top 100 Sports History-Makers 2006Winning Ways: Champion New Zealand Coaches Reveal Their Secrets 2007Our Olympic Century 2008Cricket Portraits: A Century of New Zealand's Best 2008Long or Short?: The Story of New Zealand Squash 2010100 Maori Sports Heroes 2012Unforgettable: Defining Moments in New Zealand Sport 2014100 Great Rugby Characters (with Grant Harding; illustrations by Murray Webb) 1991Champions: New Zealand Sports Greats of the 20th Century (with Ron Palenski) 2000The Basin: An Illustrated History of the Basin Reserve (with Don Neely) 2003Lancaster Park: An Illustrated History (with Don Neely) 2006No Ordinary Man: The Remarkable Life of Arthur Porritt (with Graeme Woodfield) 2008Capital People: The Best of the Wellingtonian Interviews (with Rebecca Thomson) 2011The Big Black Netball Book (with Gael Woods) 1992Sporting Life: The Best of Broadcaster, Peter Sellers 1992We Knocked the Bastard Off: Great New Zealand Sports Quotes 1994I'm Absolutely Buggered: More Great New Zealand Sports Quotes 1994Radio Sport New Zealand Sporting Records & Lists 2001Lois Muir on Netball (by Lois Muir) 1985Fastbreak (by John Dybvig) 1986John Dybvig on Basketball (by John Dybvig) 1987The Innings of a Lifetime (by Walter Hadlee) 1993Sandra Edge: Full Circle: An Autobiography (by Sandra Edge) 1995Striking Out (by Kevin Herlihy) 1997Legends of the All Blacks: One: The Book of the Series (by Keith Quinn) 1999Outrageous Rugby Moments: Stories of Controversy, Humour, Scandal and Disgrace (by Keith Quinn) 2001Outrageous Cricket Moments: The Underhanded, the Undermined, the Underperforming and, of Course, the Underarm (by Ian Smith) 2003