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Salon.com June 8, 2001 Jon Entine |
Philadelphia story Long before the Sixers, the city was known for basketball -- but the players were Jews and the stereotypes were all about their "trickiness"... |
Salon.com October 31, 2000 King Kaufman |
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg The great ballplayer was one of the "chosen people" -- in more ways than one -- but hero worship can have its drawbacks. |
Salon.com September 5, 2000 Samuel G. Freedman |
Why Jews hate Lieberman's God talk Jewish Americans sometimes have a hard time telling the difference between discomfort and discrimination. |
Sports Central June 1, 2005 Kevin Ferra |
A Look at Sports Globalization A look at American sports and a preview of upcoming articles about popular sports in other countries. |
Sports Illustrated June 6, 2001 Frank Deford |
Athletics 101 A change in eligibility rules is long overdue if we want to encourage talented athletes to stay in school... |
Salon.com July 19, 2000 Michael Kress |
Higher calling Why did the Orthodox community ignore three decades' worth of allegations that Rabbi Baruch Lanner abused children in his care? Simple: He was good at his job. |
Sports Central August 3, 2007 Joe Boesch |
The MLB Connection in Israel Was bringing the game of baseball to Israel designed to expand the game -- or create a distract from some of Major League Baseball's problems? |
The Motley Fool March 25, 2010 Nick Kapur |
Should College Athletes Be Paid to Play? Take that idea back to crazytown. |
Salon.com April 18, 2001 Allen Barra |
Air ball Michael Jordan's rumored return to the court sounds like a great idea for the NBA. It isn't... |
Salon.com April 27, 2001 King Kaufman |
April blandness The NBA sure takes its sweet time getting through the boring first round of the playoffs... |
AskMen.com November 29, 2000 Mark Simmons |
Pro Sports Salaries How can we explain the meteoric rise of players' salaries? |
AskMen.com Lewis Helfand |
The NBA After Jordan: Is There Hope? How much has the value of the Chicago Bulls changed from Jordan's rookie season to now? |
Sports Illustrated January 10, 2001 Frank Deford |
The hot stove league Once upon a time there was an offseason. Super Bowl? NFL Playoffs? The NBA? Hard to imagine today, but for much of the 20th century, perhaps as late as into the 1960s, the sports calendar effectively ended with the New Year's Day bowl games... |
Salon.com September 28, 2002 Dan McGraw |
Stop the holy showboating Listen up, jocks: God doesn't care if you score a touchdown. So do your praying in private, not in the end zone. |
Salon.com November 5, 2001 Tom Schaller |
Don't be like Mike Jordan may be the greatest basketball player of all time, but as a role model, he's an airball... |
AskMen.com Mark Simmons |
Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? Some say they get paid too much for their services, others say they deserve every penny they receive. You be the judge. |
Salon.com May 4, 2001 Suzy Hansen |
Is the honeymoon over? A historian says that American Jews are increasingly disenchanted with Israel and its policies, and more wrapped up in their own concerns... |
Salon.com November 22, 2000 Judy Oppenheimer |
They ask if I'm from New York What they mean is, they think I'm Jewish. |
Salon.com October 18, 2000 Andrew O'Hehir |
"Postville" by Stephen G. Bloom After a Hasidic Jewish community moves to Iowa farm country, the startling complications leave even this Jewish journalist scrounging for answers... |
Salon.com November 1, 2000 Michelle Goodman |
High-speed dating A popular new service for Jewish singles provides an evening of successive instant partners. Bad match? Just wait for the bell... |
Salon.com August 8, 2001 David Davis |
Marvin Miller As the head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, he challenged the assumptions that players are chattel and that labor unions have no place within sports... |