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Bagels and Jocks: A Weekly Examination of the Jewish Sports World- Monday, May 14, 2012
Bagels and Jocks meets Bagels, Baseball and Mambo? If last week’s column reminded us of the all-too-human downside of sports, today’s should be a recognition that there are many people who are using sports to make a difference in the world. You don’t need to be a Major League ballplayer like Ryan Braun or Ian Kinsler to hit a home run that really scores.
TOP 10 Most Famous Greenbergs – Thursday’s Top Ten List
Today’s Top 10 List attempts to identify and rank the most famous Greenbergs, past and current, Jewish and…well…Jewish alike. I know what you may be thinking: Can a Goldberg objectively rank a Greenberg? No worries – read on.
Bagels and Jocks: A Weekly Examination of the Jewish Sports World- Monday, May 7, 2012
Every now and then, we are reminded that sports are played by human beings with all of the fickleness, frailty and fallibility implicit in that. The last week or two has provided ample reminders of this fact—with interesting, disturbing and devastating consequences alike.
“TOP 10 Current Jewish Major League Baseball Players” – Thursday’s Top Ten List
This is a great era for Jewish stars of the diamond—and we’re not talking about jewelers. There is more than a minyan of current Jewish Major League Baseball players, and a few of them are bona fide stars. Here is one man’s ranking of the Top 10 with lots of stats and more than a little shtick.
Bagels and Jocks: A Weekly Examination of the Jewish Sports World- Monday, April 30, 2012
As the first month of the MLB season has almost reached its conclusion, Bagels & Jocks reviews the early season numbers of Ryan Braun and other star players—even if we don’t jump to any of our own conclusions. And, we also examine a disturbing (alleged) incident involving a Detroit Tigers player who acted more like Mel Gibson than Kirk Gibson.
Bagels and Jocks: A Weekly Examination of the Jewish Sports World- Monday, April 23, 2012
It was the grandest of times and yet the worst of times, in Boston as Kevin Youkilis, the well-regarded Jewish All-Star player, was not exactly celebrating Valentine’s Day. Make that Bobby Valentine’s Day — which has an altogether different vibe to it.
Bagels and Jocks: A Weekly Examination of the Jewish Sports World- Monday, April 16, 2012
This morning, Bagels and Jocks examines the Jewish NBA and the wild, wacky ride of the New York Knicks. Major League Baseball is heading into its third week and one of the best second basemen in the game just inked a huge new contract. Mazel tov, Ian!
Bagels and Jocks: A Weekly Examination of the Jewish Sports World- Monday, April 9, 2012
March/April Madness has now passed over, as has the NHL regular season. The NBA is spinning toward the end of its regular season and Ryan Braun and other Jewish stars of the diamond have started playing for keeps. Let’s take a look.
Bagels and Jocks: A Weekly Examination of the Jewish Sports World- Monday, April 2, 2012
Play ball! As I write, Passover is just four-and-a-half days away and the Men’s NCAA Championship Game between Kansas and Kentucky will be contested this evening. The Masters tees off on Thursday and the first women’s golf major was, more or less, decided when the leader had a one-footer rim out on the 18th. With all this action, my mind is mostly on the start of the 2012 Major League Baseball season.
Bagels and Jocks: A Weekly Examination of the Jewish Sports World- Monday, March 26, 2012
This week’s Bagels and Jocks analyzes March Madness, and poses 12 burning Jewish baseball questions for 2012. As if that’s enough, we also take a quick look at Tebow and Tiger. So, let’s begin.
