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2012 National Jewish Book Award WinnerJEWISH JOCKS AN UNORTHODOX HALL OF FAME is a timeless collection of biographical musings, sociological riffs about assimilation, first-person reflections, and, above all, great writing on some of the most influential and unexpected pioneers in the world of sports. Featuring work by todays preeminent writers, these essays explore significant Jewish athletes, coaches, broadcasters, trainers, and even team owners in the finite universe of Jewish Jocks, they count!.Contributors include some of todays most celebrated writers covering a vast assortment of topics, including David Remnick on the biggest mouth in sports, Howard Cosell Jonathan Safran Foer on the prodigious and pugnacious Bobby Fischer Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson writing elegantly on Marty Reisman, Americas greatest ping-pong player and the sports ultimate showman.