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Jerry MarkBreit, President, B'nai
B'rith Sports Lodge 2458
Dave Kaplan
Daniel
Mariaschin, Executive Vice President, B'nai B'rith
International
David Kaplan
David Kaplan has been with WGN Radio since April of 1995, as a
sports reporter, and now as the host of Sports Central, heard
weeknights from 7:00-9:00p.m. During that time, he has earned six
Achievement In Radio (A.I.R.) Awards, including three for best
sports talk show and two for best sportscast. He was named
"Newsfinder of the Year" by the Associated Press for breaking
several major stories.
During the college football and basketball seasons he is a
play-by-play and color commentator on ESPN Television. He also does
work for Comcast Sportsnet Chicago throughout the year where he does
play by play of college football and basketball in addition to his
duties as the voice of both of Chicago's professional lacrosse
teams, the Shamrox (indoor) and the Machine (outdoor)..
Before coming to WGN Radio, David was midday host on WMVP-AM in
Chicago after it adopted an all-sports format in November of 1993.
He has completed television work on ESPN 2, SportsChannel, Creative
Sports, and Prime Network. He is a former college basketball coach
at Northern Illinois University where he was an assistant to Hall of
Fame coach John McDougal (1982-86) and was a regional scout for both
the Indiana Pacers and the Seattle Supersonics of the NBA from
1988-92..
In 1988, Kaplan was the Player Personnel Director for the Chicago
Express of the World Basketball League (WBL). His duties included
drafting and signing all players as well as trades and contracts.
Kaplan has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show as well as in the
award winning documentary film Hoop Dreams, which is a
story of the dream of two Chicago area prep stars to reach the NBA.
Raised in Skokie, Illinois, David attended Hamline University in
St. Paul, Minnesota where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English
and played both football and baseball. He is still playing baseball
as a member of the 35 and older Chicago North Panthers of the Men's
Senior Baseball League and is an avid golfer.
David and his wife Mindy reside in the northern suburbs and he is
the father of a 13-year old son, Brett, and stepfather to 17-year
old Nicholas, 15-year old Alex and 14-year old Garret. He also has
two phenomenal dogs, a miniature Golden Doodle named Studly and a
yellow labrador named Rocky.
Former Chicago Bear, Glen Kozlowski brings his humorous acumen to
WGN Radio 720 every Sunday on Sports Central. He is joined by fellow
teammates, Dan Hampton and Tom Waddle, each week for Bears pre and
post-game coverage.
Glen's interest in broadcasting stems from his studies at Brigham
Young University where he majored in speech communications. At BYU,
Glen excelled on the football field as well, and in 1984 was named
an All-American wide receiver. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears
in 1986, played wide receiver and was captain of the special teams
from 1989-1992. He also proved himself to be a pretty good tackler,
leading the special teams in tackles during this tenure.
Since retiring from football in 1994, Glen keeps busy with plenty
of charity work and motivational speaking. He has been president of
"Great Expectations," a say-no-to-drugs program, since 1988. He's
involved with fundraising for Children's Memorial Hospital's
"Children's Miracle Network," along with the Special Olympics and
"Heart Connection," an organization designed to help families and
children deal with cancer. In his spare time, Glen maintains
ownership of RFKC United, an insurance and financial company.
Glen is married to Julie and has four boys; Brent, Tyler, Kyle
and Kelin.
The newest member of the Sports Central team is Jim Memolo. Jim
previously hosted morning drive on Sporting News Radio. He also was
morning drive co-host for five years on WSCR. Most notably, Jim also
once served as producer for Howard Cosell's shows on ABC Radio
In his spare time, Jim enjoys coaching his kids' various sports,
which means, of course, that he has no spare time!
DANIEL S. MARIASCHIN
Daniel S. Mariaschin is the Executive Vice President of B’nai
B’rith International. As the organization’s top executive officer,
he directs and supervises B’nai B’rith programs, activities, and
staff in over 50 countries where B’nai B’rith is organized. Mr.
Mariaschin serves in the dual capacity as Director of B'nai B'rith's
Center for Human Rights and Public Policy. In this position, he is
the spokesman for B'nai B'rith, interpreting its policies to a
variety of audiences, including Congress and the media, with
responsibility for coordinating its programs and policies on issues
of concern to the Jewish community.
In the United States and abroad, Mr. Mariaschin has met with
scores of heads of state, prime ministers, foreign ministers,
opposition leaders, human rights and religious leaders, and
influential members of the media, to help protect the rights of
Jewish communities world wide as well as to promote better relations
with the State of Israel.
Mr. Mariaschin also served as a member of the U.S. delegation,
led by Rudolph Giuliani, to the 2003 Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe conference on anti-Semitism, in Vienna, and as
a public advisor to the U.S. delegation at the 2004 conference in
Berlin. He participated in negotiations that achieved the transfer
of torah scrolls from the Lithuanian government to Israel for use
there and in Diaspora Jewish communities. He is a member of the
International Advisory Committee of CEANA, the Argentinean
commission studying that country's relations with the Nazi regime
and served on the Commission on Property Restitution in
Slovakia.
Mr. Mariaschin was a member of the United States delegation to
the International Conference on Holocaust Remembrance, Education and
Research; the B'nai B'rith delegation to the State Department’s 1998
Holocaust Assets Conference; and has initiated programs on Holocaust
Education with the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science.
In recognition of his work in Central and Eastern Europe, Mr.
Mariaschin was awarded the Cultural Pluralism Award by the United
States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage
Abroad.
Mr. Mariaschin has spent nearly all of his professional life
working on behalf of Jewish organizations, beginning in 1973 as
Community Relations Associate with the Jewish Community Council of
Boston. Two years later he was named director of the New England
office of the American Zionist Federation and Zionist House in
Boston.
In 1977, Mr. Mariaschin joined the Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith as director of its Middle East Affairs Department. From
1979 to 1986, he served as assistant to ADL's national director, the
late Nathan Perlmutter, and as director of its National Leadership
division, responsible for ADL's nationwide program of leadership
development.
He then became director of the Political Affairs Department of
the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), where he supervised
political action activities and grassroots organization
programs.
Prior to joining B'nai B'rith, Mr. Mariaschin served as director
of communications and principal spokesman for former Secretary of
State Alexander M. Haig, Jr. during his 1987-88 presidential
campaign.
Mr. Mariaschin has written numerous articles and reviews on
foreign affairs and national security issues for such publications
as The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times,
The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Times and
Newsday and appears frequently as a foreign affairs analyst
on television and radio programs. He has lectured on foreign and
defense affairs at the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service
Institute, and the Defense Intelligence College, the Marine Corps
Command and Staff College and at other military installations around
the country. He has also worked as a radio announcer and news
commentator and has lectured widely in the U.S. and abroad.
Raised in New Hampshire, Mr. Mariaschin received his Bachelor of
Arts degree in history from the University of New Hampshire and his
Master's degree in Contemporary Jewish Studies from Brandeis
University. Mr. Mariaschin has also been honored with the American
Jewish Communal Leadership Award from Brandeis
University.
Updated: April 24, 2007
File: dsmbio-onediplomatic
Jerry Markbreit (born March
23, 1935 in Chicago,
Illinois) is a former American football referee in the
National Football League (NFL) for 23
seasons and became one of the most recognizable referees in the game
[1]. Markbreit officiated football
games for 43 seasons. From 1966 to 1975, Markbreit officiated
college football games in the
Big Ten Conference. He then joined
the NFL in 1976 as a Line Judge before being promoted to the head
referee position in just his second year. His number in the league
was number 9. Until he retired from the NFL after the 1998
season, Markbreit officiated in two wild
card (1991 and 1994), ten divisional (1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1997, and 1998), eight conference championship
(1980, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1996) playoff games, one Pro
Bowl (1978), and four Super
Bowls: Super Bowl
XVII, Super Bowl
XXI, Super Bowl
XXVI, and Super Bowl
XXIX and was an alternate in Super Bowl
XIX, Super Bowl
XXII, and Super Bowl
XXVIII [2][3]. To date, he is the
only NFL head referee to officiate four Super Bowl games.
He now currently writes a weekly sports column for the Chicago Tribune
during the football season.
Markbreit began officiating in intramural college fraternity
games 1953, after nearly being seriously injured several times
attempting to play college football at the University of Illinois.
Markbreit began officiating as a career in 1957, when he joined
the Central Officials Association, and began working public league
and junior varsity games. By the late 1950s, Markbreit was
officiating high school games, including several with the teenage
Dick
Butkus.
Markbreit entered the Big Ten Conference as a back judge at the
beginning of 1966 season, and became a referee at the end of the
following season. He served as the back judge in the "Game of the
Century" on November 19, 1966 between top-ranked Notre Dame and
second-ranked Michigan State, and was the referee for the Rose
Bowl on New Year's
Day 1972 between Stanford
and Michigan.
During the 1971 season, Markbreit was the referee during the
annual Michigan-Ohio State rivalry game, won by the Wolverines at Ann
Arbor, 10-7. Late in that game, Buckeyes
coach Woody Hayes stormed onto the field to
protest following a Michigan interception, feeling that Markbreit's
officiating crew missed a defensive pass
interference call against the home team.
Hayes received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, was dragged off
the field by two assistant coaches, and then threw the sideline
markers onto the field in a fit of anger. When Michigan ran its next
offensive play, Markbreit ejected Ohio State linebacker Randy
Gradishar after he clubbed the Wolverine
quarterback in the head.
Just before the beginning of the 1968 football season, Markbreit
was offered, and declined an early job offer from the NFL (as a back
judge). He felt that his lack of college experience would prevent
him from obtaining the referee position in the NFL.
Markbreit joined the NFL as a line judge in 1976, and became a
referee in 1977 upon the retirement of long-time referee Tommy Bell,
who was Markbreit's crew chief during the 1976 season. He retired
from the field after working a playoff game between the San
Francisco 49ers and Atlanta
Falcons on January 9, 1999.
Markbreit is still very much involved in the league as he served
as an instant replay official for two years
following his retirement as an active official and currently works
as an associate supervisor and head trainer for NFL referees.
His non-NFL work has included advertising sales for Where
Magazine, and many years as a Trade and Barter Manager for
3M.
[edit] Incidents
[edit] The Holy Roller
- For more details on this topic, see
Holy Roller (American
football).
Markbreit officiated the Holy Roller play, an infamous,
controversial game-winning play executed by the Oakland
Raiders against the San Diego
Chargers on September
10, 1978. With 10 seconds
left in the game, the Raiders had possession of the ball at the
Chargers 14-yard line, trailing 20-14. Raiders quarterback Ken
Stabler lost the ball, and it rolled forward
towards the San Diego goal line. Running back Pete
Banaszak tried to recover the ball on the
12-yard line, but could not keep his footing, and the ball was
pushed even closer to the end zone. Raiders tight
end Dave Casper was the
next player to reach the ball but he also could not get a handle on
it. He batted and kicked the ball into the end zone, where he fell
on it for the game-tying touchdown as time ran out. The Raiders won,
21-20, with the ensuing extra point by placekicker Errol
Mann.
As referee, Markbreit had the primary responsibility of judging
Stabler's actions during the play. Markbreit ruled that Stabler
fumbled the ball instead of intentionally throwing a forward pass.
Despite the fact that fans continue to believe it should have been
called an incomplete pass, the league backed up referee Markbreit's
call. [4]
[edit] Super Bowl XVII coin toss
Markbreit botched the coin toss during
Super Bowl XVII. Dolphins captain
Bob Kuechenberg called "tails," and
the coin came down "tails." However, Markbreit became confused by
the similar design of both sides of the coin: one side had two
helmets and the other side showed two players holding
helmets.[5] Thus, he
incorrectly thought "heads" had landed. When Markbreit became
confused, NBC Sports play-by-play announcer
Dick
Enberg ordered his producer to cut off the
microphones surrounding midfield and pull away from the tight shot
involving Markbreit, Kuechenburg and Redskins quarterback Joe
Theismann. After a short discussion with his
head linesman, Dale Hamer, Markbreit corrected his
mistake before the kickoff.
[edit] Charles "Too Mean" Martin and Jim
McMahon
On November 23 1986, Chicago native Markbreit worked
his first game as an NFL referee at Soldier
Field when the Green Bay
Packers and Chicago
Bears renewed their ancient rivalry. In the
second quarter of the game, Bears quarterback Jim
McMahon was intercepted, and as he watched
the proceedings downfield, Packers defensive end Charles "Too Mean" Martin picked up McMahon and slammed him shoulder-first into the
AstroTurf. Martin remained hovered
over McMahon on one knee, taunting him, until Bears' offensive
tackle Jimbo Covert barreled full-speed into
Martin. Markbreit ejected Martin from the game, despite strenuous
protests from Packers coach (and Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive
tackle) Forrest Gregg. It would be
Markbreit's first ejection as an NFL official. When describing the
penalty, Markbreit stated that Martin, number 94 of the Packers,
"stuffed" McMahon into the ground.
Martin was suspended for two games by NFL commissioner Pete
Rozelle, the longest suspension for an
on-field incident until Tennessee
Titans defensive tackle Albert
Haynesworth was suspended five games by
commissioner Roger Goodell for
stomping on the face of Dallas Cowboys center
Andre
Gurode during an October 1, 2006 game
[6].
During the game, Martin wore a "hit list" towel with the numbers
of several Bears listed, including those of McMahon, running back
Walter Payton, wide receiver
Willie Gault and center Jay
Hilgenberg.
The call was largely credited by the media and NFL executives in
helping Markbreit land the assignment as the referee of Super Bowl
XXI two months later.
[edit] Books by Markbreit
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