Glickman (James Freedman, 2012): USA

Reviewed by Nathan Chinchilla at the Santa Barbra Museum of Art, Santa Barbara

Many think of sports stories being of triumph and overcoming challenges that come their way but for Marty Glickman he had to face more than all of that. An athlete that many have forgotten about that has changed the way we listen to sports to this very day and has made history. He is hero for the Jewish community by recognized by one of the fastest athletes of all time, a great football player, and a basketball player all at the same time. He set records that many believed could not be achieved because of his stature and oppression but he was able to overcome it all. He trained with high class athletes and has set records  that still to this very day. He created the world of sports announcing and overall paved the way for anyone who plans to follow a similar career.

Glickman is the triumphant story of the great Marty Glickman, a record-setting Jewish sprinter who was dropped from America’s Olympic relay team during the 1936 Nazi Olympics in order to appease Adolph Hitler. However, this incident did not dampen Marty’s love for sports, and he went on to become a beloved sports announcer revolutionizing sports broadcasting by inventing such classical basketball terms as “swish!” In his legendary fifty year career, he would become the beloved voice of the New York Knicks, Giants, and Jets, and would later go on to create HBO Sports.