# "Greatest Jewish Sports Legends", and other nominees for World Shortest Books **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 25, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947 "2010-07-25T15:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/1 "2010-07-25T15:22:45Z")
In a spinoff of the _[Airplane!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=570360)_ thread, I bet Dopers can come up with some great examples of the worlds shortest books and their authors. _How to Build a Successful Marriage_ by Tiger Woods. _The Joy of Pets_ by Michael Vick _Running a Successful Presidential Campaign_ by Bob Dole ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/2 "2010-07-25T15:24:56Z")
_winning at poker_ by peeker 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/3 "2010-07-25T15:28:00Z")
In order to make this thread more game-like name an author, and the next poster needs to create their world shortest book. Author:Simon Cowell Book: ? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/4 "2010-07-25T17:40:57Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > In order to make this thread more game-like name an author, and the next poster needs to create their world shortest book. > > Author:Simon Cowell > > Book: ? Winning Friends Through Diplomacy: A Treatise of Tact and Decorum. By Simon Cowell, Foreword by John MacEnroe Next Author: Bernie Madoff ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/5 "2010-07-25T18:13:53Z")
> [@Red\_Skeezix](#): > > > [@notfrommensa](#): > > > > In order to make this thread more game-like name an author, and the next poster needs to create their world shortest book. > > > > Author:Simon Cowell > > > > Book: ? > > Winning Friends Through Diplomacy: A Treatise of Tact and Decorum. By Simon Cowell, Foreword by John MacEnroe > > Next Author: Bernie Madoff oh, i know this one. building wealth by investing in savings bonds: forward by fastow and skilling. epilogue by lay. next author: george bush the junior ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/6 "2010-07-25T19:20:43Z")
**The Wit and Wisdom of George W. Bush** Next Author: David Beckham ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/7 "2010-07-25T21:22:08Z")
Actually, there are a lot more Jewish sports legends than you think (Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg, Mark Spitz, Sid Luckman…). ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/8 "2010-07-25T21:27:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Next Author: David Beckham _There’s a lot more to life than being really, really good looking_ by David Beckham Ben Rothlisberger ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/9 "2010-07-25T21:40:00Z")
_How To Live An Exemplary Life_ by Ben Roethlisberger Next: Mel Gibson ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/10 "2010-07-25T22:40:09Z")
_How I Developed Sensitivity to Women and Minorities_ by Mel Gibson Next: John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/11 "2010-07-26T02:32:26Z")
Staying Safe in New York Next: Dennis Rodman ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/12 "2010-07-26T03:11:12Z")
How To Trick The World Into Believing You Are Sane by Dennis Rodman Next: Joe Michael Straczynski ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/13 "2010-07-26T13:15:45Z")
Pick One Field and Stick To It by Joe Michael Straczynski Next: Stephen King (who obviously read the above book) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/14 "2010-07-26T13:53:56Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Next: Stephen King (who obviously read the above book) _How to Look Stylish at Fenway_ by Stephen King. (Sorry, Stephen, you look pretty damn creepy every time the camera finds you at a Sox game.) Next: Bobby Flay ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/15 "2010-07-26T13:55:31Z")
_Keeping it Real: How to Sell Yourself in Show Business Without Selling Out_ Which naturally brings up Anthony Bourdain ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/16 "2010-07-26T15:09:12Z")
_Mac and Cheese_ Genghis Khan ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/17 "2010-07-26T15:38:21Z")
_Solo Travel through Asia_, by Genghis Khan. Next author: John Wayne Gacy ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/18 "2010-07-26T16:43:28Z")
_Coaching for a Little League Dynasty_ by John Wayne Gacy Jacques Cousteau ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/19 "2010-07-26T16:49:16Z")
_Recollections of the Mohave_, by Jacques-Yves Cousteau Marv Albert ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/20 "2010-07-26T16:52:37Z")
_Accepting Your Baldness_ by Marv Albert Lindsay Lohan [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947.md?page=2)