Comments on: David Halberstam pulls a Jimmy the Greek in his book on New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick http://diverge.org/2006/01/david-halberstam-pulls-a-jimmy-the-greek-on-his-book-on-new-england-patriots-head-coach-bill-belichick/ All these different people Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:07:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: bruxander http://diverge.org/2006/01/david-halberstam-pulls-a-jimmy-the-greek-on-his-book-on-new-england-patriots-head-coach-bill-belichick/comment-page-1/#comment-3738 bruxander Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:01:04 +0000 http://diverge.org/2006/01/david-halberstam-pulls-a-jimmy-the-greek-on-his-book-on-new-england-patriots-head-coach-bill-belichick/#comment-3738 Hi Andrew, and thank you for your comment. I don't know anything about Jimmy the Greek's ancestry, but Synodinos sounds more Greek than Croatian to me. Hi Andrew, and thank you for your comment. I don’t know anything about Jimmy the Greek’s ancestry, but Synodinos sounds more Greek than Croatian to me.

]]> By: Andrew Finnel http://diverge.org/2006/01/david-halberstam-pulls-a-jimmy-the-greek-on-his-book-on-new-england-patriots-head-coach-bill-belichick/comment-page-1/#comment-3736 Andrew Finnel Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:19:26 +0000 http://diverge.org/2006/01/david-halberstam-pulls-a-jimmy-the-greek-on-his-book-on-new-england-patriots-head-coach-bill-belichick/#comment-3736 I really liked your article, which pointed out that David Halberstam, the writer and intellectual, espoused the same prejudices as Jimmy “the Greek” and the drunk Snyder. Of course, they’re not the only two present the sub-Saharan theory of sports in one form or another. Dusty Baker of the Cubs being a post Bob Costas example. One interesting fact you missed that I think would tie the whole story together. Jimmy “the Greek” was not Greek. He was from Steubenville, Ohio, and I do believe his background, as is Belichik’s, is Croatian. Jimmy’s family name was Synodinos, and he could have been called, more accurately though less colorfully, Jimmy “the Croat.” So here you have a Croatian passing as a Greek espousing pseudo-Darwinist views about a scientifically invalid concept (there is no black race) being called out on the air by Bob the ”part-Greek” Costas, whose father was a gambler? At the time, did anyone point out the Jimmy’s background was not Greek and he was more of an actor than a gambler? Sincerely, Andrew Finnel I really liked your article, which pointed out that David Halberstam, the writer and intellectual, espoused the same prejudices as Jimmy “the Greek” and the drunk Snyder. Of course, they’re not the only two present the sub-Saharan theory of sports in one form or another. Dusty Baker of the Cubs being a post Bob Costas example.

One interesting fact you missed that I think would tie the whole story together. Jimmy “the Greek” was not Greek. He was from Steubenville, Ohio, and I do believe his background, as is Belichik’s, is Croatian. Jimmy’s family name was Synodinos, and he could have been called, more accurately though less colorfully, Jimmy “the Croat.” So here you have a Croatian passing as a Greek espousing pseudo-Darwinist views about a scientifically invalid concept (there is no black race) being called out on the air by Bob the ”part-Greek” Costas, whose father was a gambler? At the time, did anyone point out the Jimmy’s background was not Greek and he was more of an actor than a gambler?

Sincerely,
Andrew Finnel

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