Ed Sullivan was a sports commentator before WW II who said repellent things about Jewish pro basketball players. He was echoing elite Anglo-Saxon opinion about immigrant Jews in America being racially inferior. Some of these folks were socialist. I do not know how much that influenced Sullivan.
Seth Sandronsky
Re: Allen Barra defends Limbaugh's football comments by Martin Hart-Landsberg 06 October 2003
Michael,
I would love to learn more about the notion that basketball was a jewish sport. Any reading recommendations?
Marty
--On Monday, October 06, 2003 8:39 AM -0700 Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As for basketball, the NBA evolved out of traveling Jewish teams. In the 20's, basketball was supposed to be a naturally Jewish sport because it put a premium on sneakiness and stealth.
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