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    Cover of Becoming Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Origin Story of a Modern Basketball Superstar
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    Becom­ing Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Ori­gin Sto­ry of a Mod­ern Bas­ket­ball Superstar
    Howard Meg­dal
    Cover of Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend
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    Mar­ty Glick­man: The Life of an Amer­i­can Jew­ish Sports Legend
    Jef­frey S. Gurock
    Cover of Falling Short
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    Falling Short
    Ernesto Cis­neros
    Cover of Games of Deception: The True Story of the First US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany
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    Games of Decep­tion: The True Sto­ry of the First US Olympic Bas­ket­ball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany
    Andrew Maraniss
    Cover of The Falconer
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    The Fal­con­er
    Dana Czap­nik
    Cover of When Basketball Was Jewish
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    When Bas­ket­ball Was Jewish
    Dou­glas Stark
    Cover of Wartime Basketball
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    Wartime Bas­ket­ball
    Dou­glas Stark
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    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
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    Dolph Schayes and the Rise of Pro­fes­sion­al Basketball
    Dolph Grund­man
    Cover of Homecourt: The True Story of the Best Basketball Team You’ve Never Heard Of
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    Home­court: The True Sto­ry of the Best Bas­ket­ball Team You’ve Nev­er Heard Of
    Larry Needle
    Cover of The Legend of Red Klotz: How Basketball's Loss Leader Won Over the World 14,000 Times
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    The Leg­end of Red Klotz: How Bas­ket­bal­l’s Loss Leader Won Over the World 14,000 Times
    Tim Kel­ly
    Cover of The Little Book of Basketball Law
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    The Lit­tle Book of Bas­ket­ball Law
    Melis­sa Alt­man Linsky
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    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
    Cover of The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish Team
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    The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Great­est Jew­ish Team
    Dou­glas Stark
    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
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