Growing up in the North Suburbs of Chicago there was one athlete everyone knew, his name was Ryan Hogan. Hogan played basketball at Deerfield and was a stud. I still recall stories of Rick Pitino arriving in a limo to Deerfield High School to get Hogan to commit. I played pickup against Hogan once, right around…

Recently I got an email from a man named Michael Wolf. From time to time there are athletes and coaches left off lists we put together. After his wife sent him TGR, Wolf wrote in and he has been added to a growing list of Jewish coaches. We asked him if he wanted to be…

He is a baseball player and author. And a Jew. Aaron Pribble took time out of his busy schedule to speak about his new book “Pitching in the Promised Land.” 1) Tell TGR a little bit about yourself? I was born in San Francisco and raised just across the Golden Gate Bridge, which makes me…

Recently we caught up with one of the youngest and brightest Jewish athletes Dalia Rivkin. Dalia is quickly becoming a top skater. We thought rather than our traditional interview, we would hear from Dalia and her mother Cheryl. This might lend some insight to those of you with talented young children (my wife already knows…

Meet the Author 1) Tell us a little bit about yourself.  I received my Master’s degree in Journalism from Boston University in 1982, and was bouncing around newseeklies and dailies for a time. But I’ve always been a huge sports fan. Fact is, my first journalism job was on a now defunct newspaper, The Newburgh…

Yes last week was College BBall week. But we got one more interview for you. We met up with Vermont’s freshman Josh Elbaum. Vermont has already beaten Sienna and played UConn tough. Meet the newest Freshman with Jewish roots. Also, big ups to his Dad who is apparently a TGR fan (and for taking him…