Charley Rosen is a writer whose work appears regularly on Fanragsports.com. He previously worked as an NBA analyst for FOXSports.com and is the author of twenty-one sports books, including Perfectly Awful: The Philadelphia 76ers’ Horrendous and Hilarious 1972–1973 Season (Nebraska, 2014) and Crazy Basketball: A Life In and Out of Bounds (Nebraska, 2011). He has coauthored two books with NBA coach Phil Jackson.

“Before basketball was the ‘city game,’ it was a ‘Jewish game.’ No one is better equipped than roundball aficionado and NBA-insider Charley Rosen to skillfully chronicle Jewish presence in the world of hoops, on and off the court.”-Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports

• Preface: Promise in the Promised Land    1. In the Beginning    2. Busy Izzies Take Over    3. Beyond the Izzies    4. Enter Sir Nat    5. Gotty and the SPAHS    6. Taking over the Game    7. The Barnum of Basketball    8. About All-Americans, Blackbirds, the Olympic Games, and the Rosenblums    9. The SPAHS, the Crown Jewels, and the ABL    10. The War Years    11. The Penguin and the Birth of the BAA    12. Too Many Jews on the Knicks    13. The Iron Man, Moe, and the Apprenticeship of Red Auerbach    14. Gotty Wins Again and a Crooked Ref    15. The Fix and Close Shaves    16. The Scandals of ’51    17. Murray’s in the Mountains    18. If It’s Broken, Keep Fixing It    19. David Beats Goliath Again    20. Molinas Redux    21. The Jewish Olympics    22. Some More Blue-Chip Jewish Hoopers    23. The Coaches    24. NBA Owners and Bigwigs    25. Recent Notable Players    26. The Jewish Jordan    Appendix: Jews in the Naismith Hall of Fame    Sources

Charley Rosen is a writer whose work appears regularly on Fanragsports.com. He previously worked as an NBA analyst for FOXSports.com and is the author of twenty-one sports books, including Perfectly Awful: The Philadelphia 76ers’ Horrendous and Hilarious 1972–1973 Season (Nebraska, 2014) and Crazy Basketball: A Life In and Out of Bounds (Nebraska, 2011). He has coauthored two books with NBA coach Phil Jackson.

“Before basketball was the ‘city game,’ it was a ‘Jewish game.’ No one is better equipped than roundball aficionado and NBA-insider Charley Rosen to skillfully chronicle Jewish presence in the world of hoops, on and off the court.”-Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports

• Preface: Promise in the Promised Land    1. In the Beginning    2. Busy Izzies Take Over    3. Beyond the Izzies    4. Enter Sir Nat    5. Gotty and the SPAHS    6. Taking over the Game    7. The Barnum of Basketball    8. About All-Americans, Blackbirds, the Olympic Games, and the Rosenblums    9. The SPAHS, the Crown Jewels, and the ABL    10. The War Years    11. The Penguin and the Birth of the BAA    12. Too Many Jews on the Knicks    13. The Iron Man, Moe, and the Apprenticeship of Red Auerbach    14. Gotty Wins Again and a Crooked Ref    15. The Fix and Close Shaves    16. The Scandals of ’51    17. Murray’s in the Mountains    18. If It’s Broken, Keep Fixing It    19. David Beats Goliath Again    20. Molinas Redux    21. The Jewish Olympics    22. Some More Blue-Chip Jewish Hoopers    23. The Coaches    24. NBA Owners and Bigwigs    25. Recent Notable Players    26. The Jewish Jordan    Appendix: Jews in the Naismith Hall of Fame    Sources

Charley Rosen is a writer whose work appears regularly on Fanragsports.com. He previously worked as an NBA analyst for FOXSports.com and is the author of twenty-one sports books, including Perfectly Awful: The Philadelphia 76ers’ Horrendous and Hilarious 1972–1973 Season (Nebraska, 2014) and Crazy Basketball: A Life In and Out of Bounds (Nebraska, 2011). He has coauthored two books with NBA coach Phil Jackson.

“Before basketball was the ‘city game,’ it was a ‘Jewish game.’ No one is better equipped than roundball aficionado and NBA-insider Charley Rosen to skillfully chronicle Jewish presence in the world of hoops, on and off the court.”-Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports

• Preface: Promise in the Promised Land    1. In the Beginning    2. Busy Izzies Take Over    3. Beyond the Izzies    4. Enter Sir Nat    5. Gotty and the SPAHS    6. Taking over the Game    7. The Barnum of Basketball    8. About All-Americans, Blackbirds, the Olympic Games, and the Rosenblums    9. The SPAHS, the Crown Jewels, and the ABL    10. The War Years    11. The Penguin and the Birth of the BAA    12. Too Many Jews on the Knicks    13. The Iron Man, Moe, and the Apprenticeship of Red Auerbach    14. Gotty Wins Again and a Crooked Ref    15. The Fix and Close Shaves    16. The Scandals of ’51    17. Murray’s in the Mountains    18. If It’s Broken, Keep Fixing It    19. David Beats Goliath Again    20. Molinas Redux    21. The Jewish Olympics    22. Some More Blue-Chip Jewish Hoopers    23. The Coaches    24. NBA Owners and Bigwigs    25. Recent Notable Players    26. The Jewish Jordan    Appendix: Jews in the Naismith Hall of Fame    Sources