Rab­bi James M. Gor­don JD is the pres­i­dent & pri­ma­ry founder of the char­i­ta­ble foun­da­tion Team Spir­it Insti­tute and the author of PRAY BALL! The Spir­i­tu­al Insights of a Jew­ish Sports Fan (1999), PRAY BALL 2!! (2018), and numer­ous arti­cles on con­tem­po­rary (Jew­ish) top­ics. He has served in the pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tors as a rab­bi attor­ney arbi­tra­tor & educator.