Meet the 2021 inductees to the NorCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame By Gabe Stutman Oct 15, 2021 The Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California will induct five new members at a banquet on Oct. 24 at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco. Tickets, which start at $150, can be purchased at jshofnc.org. We profiled one of them, the dynamic billiards champion JoAnn Mason Parker, here. And here are the… Read More
Sports Billiards’ ‘Battling Beauty’ joins NorCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame For JoAnn Mason Parker, playing pool comes just as naturally as handling a knife and fork. “You’re not going to drop it, because you know what you’re… By Gabe Stutman Oct 15, 2021
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