SubscribePlaying catch-up
Catching up with the “other” sports.
Sports and religion: Giving thanks
Religion and sports: oil and vinegar?
A Korner korrection
A Korner korrection re: JNFL Geoff Schwartz.
Jews and pigs(skin), Week 3
Dallas Morning News runs in-depth feature on Dallas Cowboys’ Igor Olshansky.
Jets or Giants: Pick ‘em
You just can’t win.
Catching up with Alan Veingrad
Aish.com, a leading Jewish web site, published this Q&A with the former NFL player.
So does he sign that with a gold pen?
Last year it was baseball as veteran sports photographer Neil Leifer published Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball (Taschen), a hefty limited-edition coffee table book festooned with gorgeous snapshots from the 1950s and 60s. It had a list price of $400, but some souped-up copies went for as much as $700; a [...]
Psst, got an extra $500 you’re not doing anything with?
Last year, photographer Neil Leifer published Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball (Taschen), a gorgeous limited-edition coffee table book with a list price of $400. Some copies, in fact, went for as much as $700, but a much more democratic, paperback edition was released a few months ago for [...]
Friedman was then, Olshansky is now
In addition to the article on the new Benny Friedman bio, Nextboo also published this profile on Igor Olshansky, a 6″6″, 309 pound defensive end for the San Diego Chargers.
The Ukraine-born Olshansky admits,
“I know Jewish people take pride in me, and I’m comfortable with that. But I don’t consider myself religious…. I play for myself [...]
More on Benny Friedman
From Nextbook.org, this interview with Murray Greenberg, author of the new biography, Passing Game: Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football.
Some excerpts:
Was Friedman part of a large Jewish contingent in football or an anomaly?
It’s sort of both. The distinction lies in college versus the pros. There were a fair number of Jewish college football players [...]
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