SubscribeRequired reading
More “tough Jews”
Another piece about “tough Jews.” You wanna make something of it?
Sports and religion: Giving thanks
Religion and sports: oil and vinegar?
Kevin Youkilis, “Everyman”
Youkilis the subject of major article in Boston press.
Gut yom tov
George Vecsey’s excellent column on more important things in life.
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
Required reading: A Terrible Splendor
It sounds like a grade B melodrama, but The New York Times reviewed A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played, by Marshall Jon Fisher, in its Sunday book section this weekend.
This is the tale of Don Budge, Baron GottÂfried von Cramm, and Big Bill [...]
Tennis movie, anyone?
In celebration of Wimbledon, the Jewish Museum of Florida will host two screenings of A Perfect Match on June 28 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. The documentary tells the story of Althea Gibson, an African-American from Harlem, and Angela Buxton, a Jewish girl from London, who overcame racial and religious intolerance to win the [...]
Author calls baseball stance on steroids hypocritical
The cover of Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and The Inside Story of The Baseball Hall of Fame (Bloomsbury) features four circa 1920 players with their heads cropped off. How appropriate, since a lot of what Zev Chafets has to say turns conventional wisdom on its head.
Chafets, the founding managing editor of the Jerusalem Report and [...]
Required reading
Our friend Jonathan Mayo contributed this review/author profile of Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America, as did our other friend, Stan Hochman of the Philadelphia Daily News.
Have you ever thought about the veteran minor league player, the one who has no longer has a realistic chance of making it [...]
Loading ...