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Jews in Sports
By Lenny Silberman Subject: Jews in Sports Shalom and regards to all...On a regular basis I receive a number of calls asking about who is Jewish within the sporting world....I hope this list of names will be helpful to you and any of your programs.....have a nice day JEWS IN SPORTS Jews in Major League Baseball Players
Management
Jews in the NFL Players
Management
Jews in Major College Basketball
Coaches
David Adelman - Asst, Duquesne
Murray Arnold - Head Coach,
Stetson
Ken Barer - Asst, Long Island
Scott Beeten - Asst, California
Ben Braun - Head Coach,
California
Adam Chaskin - Asst, NC A&T
Jack Fertig - Asst, Fresno State
Scott Fiedler- Asst, Wagner
Bernie Fine - Asst, Syracuse
Eddie Fogler - Head Coach,
South Carolina
Ron Ganulin - Head Coach, St.
Francis (NY)
Gregg Gottlieb - Asst, San
Diego St.
Seth Greenberg - Head Coach,
South Florida
Larry Greer - Asst, Boston
University
Darrin Kibel - Asst
Dan Leibovitz - Asst, Temple
Jason Levy - Asst, Portland
Howard Levy - Asst, Princeton
Josh Oppenheimer - Asst,
Duquesne
Larry Shyatt - Head Coach,
Clemson
Al Walker - Head Coach,
Binghamton (provisional
D1 member)
David Zimroth - Asst, South
Florida
Jews in the NBA
Management
Leslie Alexander - Owner, Rockets
Micky Arison - Owner, Heat
Larry Brown - Coach, 76ers
Mark Cuban - Owner, Mavericks
William Davidson - Owner, Pistons
Ernie Grunfeld - GM, Bucks
David Kahn - GM, Pacers
Stan Kasten - President, Hawks
Sen. Herb Kohl - Owner, Bucks
Jerry Krause - GM, Bulls
Abe Pollin - Owner, Wizards
Jerry Reinsdorf - Owner, Bulls
Ron Rothstein - Coach/GM, Miami Sol (WNBA)
Ed Snider - Chariman, 76ers
Donald Sterling - Owner, Clippers
David Stern - Commissioner
Jews in the NHL
Players
Steve Dubinsky--Calgary Flames
Jeff Halpern--Washington Capitals
Mathieu Schneider--NY Rangers
Ronne Stern--San Jose Sharks
Front Office
Gary Bettman--Commissioner
Steve Ellman--Owner, Phoenix Coyotes
Stan Kasten--President, Governer, Atlanta Thrashers
Ed Snider--Owner/Chairman, Flyers
Larry Tanenbaum--Part-Owner, Toronto Maple Leafs
Jews in Sports Journalism
Television/Radio
Marv Albert - NBC
Kenny Albert - USA
Len Berman - WNBC
Al Bernstein - ESPN
Bonnie Bernstein - CBS
Eric Blumberg - KMIZ
Peter Brown - 1on1 Sports Radio
Linda Cohn - ESPN
Howard David - ESPN Radio
Rich Eisen - ESPN
Howard Eskin - WIP Radio, Phildapelphia
Steve Fredericks - WIP Radio, Phildapelphia
John Feinstein - ESPN
Hank Goldberg - ESPN
Mike Greenberg - ESPN
Bud Greenspan - Olympics
Cory Kessler - Charlotte TV
Suzy Kolber - ESPN
Josh Lewin - Fox
Steve Levy - ESPN
Glenn Macnow - WIP Radio, Phildapelphia
Bill Mazer - WNBC
Larry Merchant - HBO
Ron Pivo - KGW
Karl Ravech - ESPN
Sam Rosen - ESPN
Dick Schapp - ESPN
Jeremy Schapp - ESPN
Dennis Schrag - KEZI
Steak Shapiro - Atlanta 790 The Zone
Charley Steiner - ESPN
Dick Stockton - TNT
Steve Stone - WGN
Lesley Visser - ABC
Warner Wolf - WFAN
Sportswriting
Ira Berkow - New
York Times
Bill Buchalter -
Orlando Sentinel
Mitch Albom -
Detroit Free Press
Dana Heiss-Grodin
- Baseball Weekly
Mike Harris -
Richmond (Va.)
Barry Jackson -
Miami Herald
Robert Lipsyte,
New York Times
Jeff Pearlman -
Sports Illustrated
Peter Richmond -
NY Times
Ken Rosenthal -
The Baltimore Sun
Bob Rubin - Miami
Herald
Steve Rushin -
Sports Illustrated
Bert Sugar -
Boxing Illustrated
Lisa Winston -
Baseball Weekly
Steve Wulf - ESPN
Magazine
Jews in the Olympics
United States
Jeff Agoos -- Soccer
Cliff Bayer -- Fencing
Alyssa Beckerman -- Gymnastics (alternate)
Tamir Bloom -- Fencing
Andy Bloom -- Track & Field: Shot Put
Deena Drossin -- Track & Field: 10,000
Nicole Freedman -- Cycling
Scott Goldblatt -- Swimming: 200 Freestyle, 800 Freestyle Relay
Margo Goldstein-Engle -- Equestrian
Adam Goucher -- Track & Field: 5,000
Lenny Krayzelburg -- Swimming: 100, 200 Backstroke
Jason Lezak -- Swimming: 400 Freestyle Relay
George Weissfisch -- Taekwondo
Sara Whalen -- Soccer
Joanna Zeiger -- Triathlon
Coaches
Larry Brown -- Basketball, assistant (USA)
Michael Cohen -- Weightlifting (USA)
Yefim Litvan -- Fencing (USA)
Nir Peled -- Men's Handball (Australia)
Tom York -- Handball, manager (Australia)
Australia
Irena Olevsky -- Synchronized Swimming
Igor Praporschikov -- Wrestling: 86kg freestyle
Canada
Corey Mincovitch -- Taekwondo
Israel
Alex Averbukh -- Track & Field: Pole Vault
Orit Bar-On -- Judo: 57kg
Micki Bar-Joshua -- Track & Field: 4x100
Michael Beilin -- Greco-Roman Wrestling: 63kg
Adi Bichman -- Swimming: 800 freestyle, 400 medley
Vered Borochovsky -- Swimming: 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly
Yoav Bruck -- Swimming: 50 freestyle, 4x100 medley relay team
Lior Carmi -- Kayaking: K1, K2, 200, 500, 1000
Alexander Danilov -- Shooting: Pistol
Yuri Evseychik -- Greco-Roman Wrestling: 130kg
Anat Fabrikant -- Sailing
Yoav Gath -- Swimming: 200 meter backstroke
Kfir Golan -- Track & Field: 4x100
Mickey Halika -- Swimming: 400 medley
Michal Hein -- Windsurfing: Mistral
Amit Inbar -- Windsurfing
Tommy Kafri -- Track & Field: 100, 4x100
Michael Kalganov -- Kayaking
Shani Kedmi -- Sailing
Danny Krasnov -- Track & Field: Pole Vault
Alexei Manjola -- Swimming: 4x100 medley relay team
Yoav Meir -- Swimming: 100 and 200 butterfly
Rogel Nachum -- Track & Field: Triple Jump
Gil Ofer -- Judo: 73kg
Ayelet Ohayon -- Fencing: Foil
Larissa Pesakhovich -- Kayaking: K2, 200, 500
Alex Pokhomovskiy -- Track & Field: 100, 4x100
Tal Shtricker -- Swimming: 100, 200 breaststroke, 4x100 medley relay
Guy Starek -- Shooting: Free rifle
Or Tokayev -- Gymnastics: Rhythmic
Gotcha Tzitziashvily -- Greco-Roman Wrestling: 85kg
Eithan Urbach -- Swimming: 100 backstroke, 4x100 medley relay team
Roei Yellin -- Kayaking: K2, 500, 1000
Gidon Yablonka -- Track & Field: 4x100
Arik Ze'evi -- Judo: 100kg
Rami Zur -- Kayaking: K2, 500
Ukraine
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block -- Track & Field: Sprints
Jews in Tennis
Players
Gaston Etlis - Argentina
Damian Furmanski - Argentina
Justin Gimelstob - US
Paul Goldstein - US
Harel Levy - Israel
Andy Roddick - US Junior
Anna Smashnova - Israel
Coaching
Brad Gilbert
JCC Association
15 East 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
Tel (212)532-4958 ext. 273
Fax (212)481-4174
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