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Italian Jews protest soccer star
From the JTA:
ROME -– Italian Jews are protesting an apparent fascist salute given by a player on Rome’s Lazio soccer team.
A statement issued by the Jewish Youth Union of Italy called the gesture by Argentina-born Mauro Zarate during a match Sunday between Lazio and Bari “intolerable.”
Zarate, who had been suspended from play in Sunday’s match [...]
Wanted: Revolving door?
Kornheiser: Out of the frying pan and into another frying pan.
Jewps, NBA issue
Farmar and Casspi, together again for the third time.
How would you take it?
Jamie and Frank McCourt are in the middle of a typical high-profile, contentious Los Angeles divorce. Jamie McCourt — nee Luskin — was the guest speaker at a Women’s Philanthropy of Jewish Federation conference in Irvine earlier this week where she discussed myriad issues, including the marital woes, during which time she made the following [...]
Jewps “madness”
Jewps in NCAA first round action
What price glory?
What price glory?
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Had to get a tire replaced this morning. While sitting in the waiting room, I picked up a recent copy of The Sporting News which carried feature about the questionnaires the publication would hand out to players each year in preparation for the defunct Player Register.
This article included reproductions of the forms from Willie Mays [...]
The more things stay the same…
Received a great book the other day: Baseball/Literature/Culture Essays, edited by Kates and Tormey (McFarland).
One of the many excellent contributions comes from Andrew Hazucha, a professor at Ottawa University (Kansas), who writes “Proselytizing Pastime: Appropriating Jesus at Coor Field.”
This isn’t new. We’ve heard about the encroachment of Baseball Chapel and its affect on non-Christian personnel [...]
Welcome to Jersey, Omri Casspi
Omri Casspi and the Kings take on the NJ Nets on Jewish Family Night.
Ro, Ro, Ro the boat, all the way to Boston
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, ladies and gentlemen: Ronan Tynan
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