Kaplan's Korner on Jews and Sports

Jice update, Feb. 9

Ron Kaplan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:59:35 +0000

Jice update, Feb. 9: Cammalleri posts 14th assist in Flames victory.

Jewps update, Feb. 9

Ron Kaplan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:48:33 +0000

Jewps update, Feb. 9: Jordan scores 22 but Nets lose to former coach, Lawrence Frank.

Auschwitz Survivor’s grandson plays for Germany’s national hockey team

Ron Kaplan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:37:27 +0000

Auschwitz Survivor's grandson plays for Germany's national hockey team. Guest column by Rabbi Jason Miller.

In spring this young man’s heart turns to thoughts of baseball magazines

Ron Kaplan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:19:16 +0000

In spring this young man's heart turns to thoughts of baseball magazines.

Some guys have all the luck

Ron Kaplan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:50:22 +0000

Best bet: Super Bowl winner donating long-shot’s payoff to charity (JTA) – The Jewish owner of a real estate company in New York is donating his $50,000 winnings from a Super Bowl bet to charity. Jona Rechnitz, 29, of New York, had wagered $1,000 on Super Sunday at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas that [...]

ESPN Science: Class is in session

Ron Kaplan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:30:31 +0000

ESPN Science: Class is in session

Cutting a player the night before the Super Bowl: Fair or Foul?

Ron Kaplan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:44:35 +0000

Cutting a player the night before the Super Bowl: Fair or Foul?

Jice update, Feb. 8

Ron Kaplan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:48:15 +0000

Jice update, Feb. 8: All quite on the Western (and Eastern) front.

Jewps update, Feb. 8

Ron Kaplan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:14:16 +0000

Busy day yesterday, so I was unable to post, so here’s catching up. Jordan Farmar scored 11 points off the bench in the Nets’ 108-87 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Feb. 6. He also had five assists which tied for team tops. The Nets have lost three in a row and are now 8-18, [...]

Landsman birthday greetings (belated edition): Norm Miller

Ron Kaplan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:47:20 +0000

Landsman birthday greetings (belated edition): Norm Miller

USA Today asks if Braun decision will come down this week

Ron Kaplan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:39:42 +0000

USA Today (and fantasy league practitioners) asks if Braun decision will come down this week.

Jewps update, Feb. 6

Ron Kaplan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:27:23 +0000

Jewps update, Feb. 6: Win some, lose some, pay a lot.

Mazal tov to the Giants

Ron Kaplan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:52:53 +0000

Mazal tov to the New York Giants and some other super thoughts.

Never on a Sunday. Oh, all right, just this once.

Ron Kaplan — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:47:20 +0000

Never on a Sunday. Oh, all right, just this once. Some final (?) thoughts on the Super Bowl.

Should have started our daughter on this earlier…

Ron Kaplan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:30:51 +0000

She’s a pretty ping pong player, but she came to it so late in life — about seven years old. This guy has the right idea. Props to the baby for remaining upright. Of course, if the man had been hit in the crotch, this would have wound up on America’s Funniest Home Videos.

Ian Kinsler, good Samaritan?

Ron Kaplan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:49:03 +0000

Ian Kinsler, good Samaritan? The Texas Ranger came to the aid of teammate Josh Hamilton, who reportedly fell off the wagon earlier this week.

Whither Ryan Braun?

Ron Kaplan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:24:35 +0000

Not hearing much about the status of the NL MVP, and spring training is just a couple of weeks away (although if he is suspended it would be from Opening Day, so he would still attend ST). Rob Neyer, one of my favorite baseball writers, posted this piece about the movement to strip Braun of [...]

Spring training is just around the corner. Time to brush off the old baseball cards.

Ron Kaplan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:11:33 +0000

Spring training is just around the corner. Time to brush off the old baseball cards.

For some reason, this got me choked up

Ron Kaplan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:31 +0000

How many amateur players have dreamed about playing in such a situation. The guy who scored the game-winner will never forget this moment.

You may think me a curmudgeon…

Ron Kaplan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:29:24 +0000

You may think me a curmudgeon (or "when bad things happen to celebrities).