Trivia

The traveling Jew in sports (or, “Rooting for laundry”)

The traveling Jew in sports (or, “Rooting for laundry”)

Closing out the year: The top 10 Jewish athletes

Closing out the year: The top 10 Jewish athletes

Now hear these: Author event podcasts from the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse

Now hear these: Author event podcasts from the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse

Tying up the laces and hitting the (fantasy) hardwood

The Chosen People, fantasy basketball edition

Just what we needed: more “smart Jew” stereotypes

The Sporting News’ Dean’s List

I’ve got a little list…

Actually, the list belongs to Jeremy Fine, aka The Great Rabbino, who in turn submitted it to OyChicago in response to Spike.com’s list of the 10 greatest contemporary Jewish athletes. (FYI, Spike is one of those “testosterone-laden” outfits, i.e., heavy on girls, games, and gizmos.) Spike’s list: 10) Jordan Farmar – Backup Point Guard Los [...]

And they said it wouldn’t last

The Korner celebrates its first anniversary.

Stein, for the prosecution

Former NFLer Bob Stein finds a new fight on the legal gridiron.

A way-cool source

Every issue of the classic publication is available through Google books. The first issue: July 1945. Cover price: 15 cents. Tag line: “64 Pages — and Every Word Baseball!” Thanks to John Zajc of the Society for American Baseball Research and writer Rob Neyer for the item. The next step is to go through them [...]

Grabow joins elite company

When Pirates pitcher John Grabow won his teams opener against the Cardinals he joined a very elite group. According to Bob Wechsler, author of Day by Day in Jewish Sports History (KTAV), Grabow is just the fifth Jewih pitcher to win a game on opening day. The others include: Steve Stone, Orioles 5, Royals 3, [...]