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Nonfiction Games of Deception: The True Story of the First US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany Andrew Maraniss
Essay Discovering Dolph Schayes Dolph Grundman is the author of Jim Pollard: The Kangaroo Kid, The Golden Age of Amateur Basketball: The AAU Tournament, 1921 – 1968, and, most recently, Dolph Schayes… Dolph Grundman September 16, 2014
Children’s Homecourt: The True Story of the Best Basketball Team You’ve Never Heard Of Larry Needle
Nonfiction The Legend of Red Klotz: How Basketball’s Loss Leader Won Over the World 14,000 Times Tim Kelly
Essay Semitic Squads Earlier this week, Marc Tracy challenged Jewish sports fans to a little quiz and wrote about Jews in sports and Hollywood. He has been blogging here all week for… Marc Tracy November 16, 2012
Essay The History of People Earlier this week, Douglas Stark wrote about the best Jewish basketball team ever and about researching Jewish sports. He has been blogging all… Douglas Stark August 19, 2011
Essay Researching Jewish Sports On Monday, Douglas Stark wrote about the best Jewish basketball team ever. His new book, The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish… Douglas Stark August 17, 2011
Essay The Greatest Jewish Basketball Team Douglas Stark’s The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish Team is now available. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Douglas Stark August 15, 2011
