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Omri Casspi: Day One (and beyond)
Omri Casspi’s first “day at school”
Tamir Goodman: Making the rounds
Tamir Goodman finds his new grove: motivational speaker.
Jewish HoF hosts program on ‘the other football’
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame hosts soccer program.
Bits and pieces
New items on Abel Kiviat, Nancy Lieberman, and Avram Grant.
Maury Allen and Fritz Peterson: Together again for the first time
Veteran sportswriter Maury Allen was among the crowd at the Yogi Berra Museum in Little Falls, NJ for an author appearance/book-signing by former Yankees pitcher Fritz Peterson.
The ex-big-leaguer, who made headlines back in 1973 when he and teammate Mike Kekich traded families, was on hand to promote his new book, Mickey Mantle is Going to [...]
National Pastime Radio
Also known as NPR.
A good day for Jewish sports authors on WNYC recently. Both Howard Megdal (The Baseball Talmud) and Lee Lowenfish (Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman) were interviewed on The Leonard Lopate Show.
You can listen to the Megdal segment here: Megdal
and the Lowenfish interview here:
Lowenfish
Author appearance: Howard Megdal
Oceanside, NY- The Friedberg JCC is hosting “The Baseball Talmud” on
Thursday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. Join author and radio personality
Howard Megdal as he discusses his new book, “The Baseball Talmud,” a
historical narration of Major League Jewish Baseball in America. Cost
is $6. For more information, please call (516) 634-4154 or e-mail
mlevi [at] friedbergjcc.org.
If you don’t have plans for Shabbat…
And you happen to be in Manhattan tomorrow night, this might be of interest, especially if you’re a boxing fan. Yuri Foreman is hosting a Latino Shabbat Dinner in anticipation of the “Latin Fury” bout in Atlantic City later this month.
Author appearance: Douglas Century
The Barney Ross biographer will participate in Limmud NY’s Annual Benefit: Spring Sampler, held Wednesday, March 25, at Temple Emanu-El New York City.
For more details about the program, see here. For info about his excellent book, including reviews, an excerpt,a reader’s guide, and an interview with Century, see here.
Coming (relatively) soon to a bookstore (perhaps) near you
Howard Megdal, author of The Baseball Talmud, is taking his book and going on the road. Here’s a list of his whistle stops as of today:
Sunday April 5, 2 p.m. Borders, Ramsey, NJ
Tuesday April 7, 7 p.m. Suffern Free Library, Suffern, NY
Thursday April 16, 7 p.m., Book Revue, Huntington, NY
Sunday April 26, 9 a.m. Temple [...]
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