He is married to Danielle DeCrette, a former administrative employee at the New York University School of Law. They have three daughters: Julia, Ava, and Natalie. Sexton's younger child is Katherine Lodgen Sexton, a graduate of Yale and the NYU School of Law. She is married to Matt Koons; they have one child, Ellis. Thomas Oliphant's New York Times Bestseller Praying for Gil Hodges briefly mentions that Sexton grew up as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. In fact, Sexton is such a well-known baseball fan that he was an early participant in rotisserie baseball, which later became known as fantasy baseball, as a member of the Eddie Gaedel Baseball League. Sexton was one of a number of celebrities who reminisced about their baseball memories on the HBO special Brooklyn Dodgers - Ghosts of Flatbush. In July 2009, Sexton threw out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals game. His favorite baseball announcer is Vin Scully. He teaches "Baseball as a Road To God" at NYU and in 2013 wrote a book of the same name. He is a Roman Catholic and a fan of Gregorian chants. See also List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Chief Justice) References External links |- 1942 births 20th-century American writers 21st-century American writers Brooklyn Preparatory School alumni Charles H. Revson Foundation Deans of law schools in the United States Deans of New York University School of Law Federal Reserve System Fordham University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Living people Presidents of New York University Scholars of civil procedure law St. Francis College people University of the People people