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Excerpt Muscle Beach Excerpted from On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks.When I finally made it to New York in June of 1961, I borrowed money from a cousin and bought… Oliver Sacks August 30, 2015
Essay Anivut Mort Zachter is the author of the recently published book Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life. Today he writes for the Jewish Book Council about why he, a Jewish man,… Mort Zachter March 3, 2015
Essay My Parents’ Legacy, My Library, and the Mel Rosen Biography Earlier this week, Craig Darch wrote about how he became interested in writing the Mel Rosen biography. He is the author of From Brooklyn to the Olympics: The… Craig Darch September 17, 2014
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
Essay How I Got Interested in Writing the Mel Rosen Biography Craig Darch is author of From Brooklyn to the Olympics: The Hall of Fame Career of Auburn University Track Coach Mel Rosen. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish… Craig Darch September 15, 2014
Nonfiction From Brooklyn to the Olympics: The Hall of Fame Career of Auburn University Track Coach Mel Rosen Craig Darch
Children’s Homecourt: The True Story of the Best Basketball Team You’ve Never Heard Of Larry Needle
Essay Internal Dialogue: Let’s Talk Soccer Posted by Nat BernsteinLiel Leibovitz is participating in the 2014 – 2015 JBC Network with A Broken Hallelujah: The Life of Leonard Cohen. It is… Nat Bernstein July 18, 2014
Nonfiction The Boxer’s Story: Fighting for My Life in the Nazi Camps Nathan Shapow with Bob Harris
Nonfiction The Legend of Red Klotz: How Basketball’s Loss Leader Won Over the World 14,000 Times Tim Kelly
Nonfiction The Fight of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball’s Ugliest Brawl into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption John Rosengren
