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Here’s something you don’t see every day…
Here’s something you don’t see every day…
The Hall is calling
The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame prepares to honor a new group of inductees.
Check and mate? The strange story of Bobby Fisher
There’s a new book about my fellow Erasmus Hall High School alumna, Bobby Fisher. Submitted for you interest are links to book reviews from The New York Times (and another) and The Washington Post, as well as well as a podcast interview from The Leonard Lopate Show. Fisher was born Jewish but later renounced his [...]
I wish I was that average like that
Rabbi Joshua Hess posted this piece about Gil (“Ga”) Meche, a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals turning aside $12 million and will retire. Meche, 31, pitched for ten seasons, never winning more than 15 games and leaving with a record of 84-83 and an earned run average of 4.49. He, who suffered an injury [...]
Another Jewish athlete list?
Another “Jews in sports”: is this one funny or nefarious?
A new Yom Kippur dilemma
Are the Ironman race organizers anti-Semitic?
Justin time
Local NJ tennis celeb Justin Gimelstob made the Times’ a few times lately in regard to the NYC Marathon. Andy Roddick bet him $10K to a charity of choice that Gimelstob would not be able to finish the race in under 4:45. Lon story short, he did, with the help of Laura Skladzinski, a veteran [...]
Lest we forget: Dick Miles
Lest we forget: Dick Miles, Ping-Pong champ
Checkmate…Checkmate…Checkmate…Checkmate…
Checkmate…Checkmate…Checkmate…Checkmate…Checkmate…Checkmate…
Getting out the vote for Jennifer
Jennifer Goodman Linn needs your vote NOW!
