Mensch of the Week

Mensch of the Week – Jorge Posada

May 28, 2011
Mensch of the Week – Jorge Posada

The 2011 baseball season has not been the norm for Jorge Posada. Told in the offseason he'd no longer be given the opportunity to be the team's full time catcher, Posada has struggled in his new permanent DH role. His struggling bat led to the much-debated Posada-gate, when the Yankee lifer asked to be taken out of the Yankee line-up. Which is why we're going back to one of our old features, the NY Sports Digest Mensch of the Week, where we celebrate the charity work done by one of sports biggest names. While Posada's work on the field might not be up to the standards Yankee fans typically hold him to, his Jorge Posada Foundation continues to thrive off of it.

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Mensch of the Week – Cortland Finnegan

December 11, 2010
Mensch of the Week – Cortland Finnegan

By Eric Marmon -- WHAAAAAAA!? Yes, that's right. The same guy who has publicly declared he wanted to be known as the dirtiest player in the game, who did something or said something so terrible it forced Quiet-Guy Andre Johnson to BUG OUT and drop a trio of haymakers on a Sunday afternoon... THAT GUY is this week's Mensch of the Week. Come on, click the link already. You gotta be at least a little intrigued, right??

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Mensch of the Week – D’Brickashaw Ferguson & Damien Woody (NOT Mark Sanchez)

December 4, 2010
Mensch of the Week – D’Brickashaw Ferguson & Damien Woody (NOT Mark Sanchez)

By Eric Marmon -- There was an article on AOLs FanHouse earlier this week by Andy Kent discussing how New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez blew off a charity event at the Pierre Hotel last Monday. Most NY Sports fans might see this as a young, irresponsible budding star making a PR folly. All we see is: Ooooh, a charity!

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Mensch of the Week – Wilson Chandler

November 25, 2010
Mensch of the Week – Wilson Chandler

By Eric Marmon -- Read the following yesterday in AM-NY, of all things: An article "written" by New York Knicks Small Forward Wilson Chandler, entitled My Holiday Wish: Help Charity And Keep Winning. It begins... "One thing I like most about the holiday season is it allows me the chance to give back to this community and thank you for being so supportive of me as a player, as well as supporting my team..."

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Mensch of the Week – Jamie Moyer and Camp Erin

November 13, 2010
Mensch of the Week – Jamie Moyer and Camp Erin

By Eric Marmon -- In one of our newest features, The NY Sports Digest is bringing you our "Mensch of the Week." The word "mensch," for those who do not know, is from the old Yiddish language and literally translates to "What a nice young man!" This week's Mensch of the Week: Jamie Moyer

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Mensch of the Week – The NFL And Breast Cancer – “Is that it?”

October 16, 2010
Mensch of the Week – The NFL And Breast Cancer – “Is that it?”

By Eric Marmon -- The word “mensch,” for those who do not know, is from the old Yiddish language and literally translates to “What a nice young man!” The book “The Joys Of Yiddish” defines the word Mensch as “someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being a real mensch is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous.” Simply put, being a Mensch is a good thing. This week's Mensch of the Week: The entire NFL.

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Mensch of the Week – New York Jets WR Jerricho Cotchery

September 24, 2010
Mensch of the Week – New York Jets WR Jerricho Cotchery

In one of our newest features, The NY Sports Digest is bringing you our “Mensch of the Week.” With all the negative publicity surroundering a certain NY Jets wide-out this week, The Digest is pleased to take the opportunity to sing the praises of another Jets receiver who has used his social status to better his community: Jerricho Cotchery

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New Digest Feature: Mensch of the Week

September 17, 2010
New Digest Feature: Mensch of the Week

In one of our newest features, The NY Sports Digest is bringing you our "Mensch of the Week." The word "mensch," for those who do not know, is from the old Yiddish language and literally translates to "What a nice young man!" The book "The Joys Of Yiddish" defines the word Mensch as "someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being a real mensch is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous." Simply put, being a Mensch is a good thing.

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