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The Magician
07-09-2007, 09:22 PM
Interesting Story ...

Court Jews: Pro Basketball's Forgotten History

By: Jason Maoz, Senior Editor
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
jewishpress.com

http://www.jewishpress.com/
Chuck the Writer
07-09-2007, 09:39 PM
Many years ago, I wrote an article for Basketball Digest about two early basketball pioneers of the Jewish faith, Barney Sedran and Marty Friedman, the "Heavenly Twins." Both men are enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The article is below:

http://www.chuckthewriter.com/heavenly.html
The Magician
07-09-2007, 10:15 PM
Chuck! :-D
MinorofaMan
07-10-2007, 07:49 PM
There is an amazing movie, called The First Basket. It is about Jewish Basketball history, the article you found was really good too. Nice post.
The Magician
07-11-2007, 02:56 AM
There is an amazing movie, called The First Basket. It is about Jewish Basketball history, the article you found was really good too. Nice post.

for the heads-up MofaM! :-D I'll have to take in a viewing ...
MinorofaMan
07-11-2007, 05:10 PM
Right now they are doing the Film Festival circuit and trying to get picked up by a distributor or something of that matter. I also forgot to post the website, which is http://thefirstbasket.com . Hard to remember, right? :D