“Tiger Woods and Chanukah”

Posted by Ron Kaplan on December 8, 2009 | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0)

Tiger Woods and the Hanukka connection

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All I want for Hanukka is…

Posted by Ron Kaplan on December 16, 2008 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

I asked some Jewish sports personalities what was on their wish list this year: “A definitive spelling of Hanukka…Hanukkah…Chanukah…Argh!” — Jonah Keri, author of Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong “More hours in the day.” — Cleveland Browns guard Lennie Friedman (Which was a repeated theme) “More time [...]

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Putting a new spin on dreidels

Posted by Ron Kaplan on December 15, 2008 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

If something appears on ESPN, does it automatically qualify as a sport? The cable outlet has been featuring the World Series of Poker for a few years now, so that might be good enough for you. And if that’s the case then, then, by extension, you might be interested in “No Limit Texas Dreidel,” a [...]

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