# "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:** 2
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/21 "2010-07-26T17:02:03Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Actually, there are a lot more Jewish sports legends than you think (Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg, Mark Spitz, Sid Luckman…). Also, Jewish athletes were a dominant force in boxing in the first part of the 20th century. [When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport](http://www.amazon.com/When-Boxing-Was-Jewish-Sport/dp/027595353X) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/22 "2010-07-26T17:02:55Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > _Accepting Your Baldness_ by Marv Albert > Lindsay Lohan Life on the Straight and Narrow. Benito Musselini ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/23 "2010-07-26T17:03:33Z")
Darn, beaten by **Intergalactic Gladiator**. _Speak for Yourself: How to Avoid Being Overshadowed by Powerful Friends_, by Benito Mussolini. Kim Jong Il ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/24 "2010-07-26T17:06:00Z")
_A Life Lived in Modesty_, Benito Mussolini (Kim Jong Il, ed.) Sasha Baron Cohen ---
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/25 "2010-07-26T17:13:53Z")
Racial and Cultural Sensitivity by Sasha Baron Cohen Next up: Ben Browder ---
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/26 "2010-07-26T17:13:54Z")
_Just Being Yourself: A Guide to Gracefully Accepting Who You Are_, by Sasha Baron Cohen Next author: LeBron James ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/27 "2010-07-26T18:08:30Z")
_ **There’s No Place Like Home** _ Ron Jeremy ---
**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, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/28 "2010-07-26T18:09:57Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Ron Jeremy _How to Cope with Low Self-Esteem and a Small Dick_ Mike Tyson ---
**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/29 "2010-07-26T18:20:40Z")
_Taking a Bite out of Crime_ by Mike Tyson George Costanza ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/30 "2010-07-26T19:28:00Z")
_Secrets to a Successful life with selected examples from my own experience_ by George Constanza. Bret Hart. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/31 "2010-07-26T19:35:17Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > - > > Bret Hart. _The Joy of Being a Company Man_. Jenny McCarthy. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/32 "2010-07-26T19:38:51Z")
_The Miracles of Compulsory Vaccination_ Newt Gingrich ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/33 "2010-07-26T19:45:16Z")
_How to Conduct a Well-researched Debate on the Facts of a Situation Rather Than Relying on Newsbrief Friendly Soundbites_ by Newt Gingrich (Foreword by Sarah Palin). Fidel Castro ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/34 "2010-07-26T19:57:25Z")
Cuba’s Greatest Beard Shaving Techniques Ben Browder was skipped earlier, so we’ll circle back to him. ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/35 "2010-07-26T21:01:42Z")
_Moving Beyond Television_, by Ben Browder Nikita Khrushchev ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/36 "2010-07-26T21:12:06Z")
> [@Red\_Skeezix](#): > > Nikita Khrushchev _Why I hate corn_, by Nikita Khrushchev Sid Vicious ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/37 "2010-07-26T21:23:58Z")
_Etudes for Classical Guitar_, by Sid Vicious Next author: Al Capone ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/38 "2010-07-26T21:29:39Z")
_Tax Guide for Used Furniture Salesmen_ by Al Capone\* Next: Andrew Breitbart \*Capone’s official career was ‘used furniture salesman’ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/39 "2010-07-26T22:09:40Z")
[quote=“Sampiro, post:38, topic:547947”] Next: Andrew Breitbart \*\*\*Context Is Everything * * * Janeane Garofalo ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947/40 "2010-07-26T22:16:38Z")
**The Truth About How to say Anything that’s on your Mind The Second it Occurs and Never Look Like a Reactionary Uninformed Ideologue** Next: Levi Johnston [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-jewish-sports-legends-and-other-nominees-for-world-shortest-books/547947.md?page=3)