Studs Terkel’s Jewish roots

Show of hands: how many of you out there knew that Terkel was Jewish? I’m embarrassed to admit I am one of you. So thanks to reader ASC for this link to a 2006 interview Terkel gave to the Los Angeles Jewish Journal. JJ: Tell us about your Jewish background. ST: My mother came from [...]

Lest we forget: Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel died on October 31 at the age of 96. He never wrote a baseball book (as far as I’m aware), but Stud Terkel was always a favorite of mine, long before he appeared as sportswriter Huey Fullerton in John Sayle’s Eight Men Out. His acting style might not have been Oscar material, but [...]