Ep. 5: Shondas and Stereotypes: Jewish Sports Team Owners

The Franchise: Jews, Sports, and America

This series has so far focused on the bright spots, the moments that Jewish athletes and storylines have made us proud. But not all stories about Jews in sports are the ones we want splashed in the headlines. On this episode, we confront an uncomfortable subject: Jewish team owners behaving badly. We explore the concept of shondas, and how we feel as Jews when high profile Members of the Tribe embarrass us or bring us shame. .

Episode 5 features interviews with Dave McKenna, the former Washington City Paper journalist who went up against Dan Snyder, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, who has reported extensively about Don Sterling’s missteps, sports biographer Jane Leavy, reporter Dave Zirin, and baseball writer Jake Mintz.

Previous episodes:

The Halftime Show

Ep. 4: Jewish Sports Nerds and Their Path to the Promised Land

Ep. 3: Forty Years in the Desert: Jews and the New York Mets

Ep. 2: Reevaluating ‘Jewish Jordan’ Tamir Goodman

Ep. 1: Genesis: Sandy Koufax as Model Minority

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