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Jon Finkel

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Honoring the Legendary Howard Finkel, AKA, Finkus Maximus, AKA, The Fink

Filed Under: Blog, The LatestMay 4, 2020

Welcome to another Finkel de Mayo… Let’s begin… Finkus Maximus. Having lived my life as a Finkel, I can tell you there is no better nickname than Finkus Maximus. It takes the half-dorky, half-comical nature of the surname Finkel and turns it right around. Unlike Finkel, which rhymes with ‘tinkle’ and slams the ‘ink’ right […]

Choose Your ‘Warrior’ Movie Motivation: ‘Rage’ Like Tom Hardy or ‘Heart’ Like Joel Edgerton

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, The LatestMarch 5, 2020

I re-watched Warrior this weekend after I saw that it popped up on Amazon Prime. I caught it in the theater back when it came out in 2011 and I remembered loving it and thinking of it as an excellent MMA version of ‘Rocky I’, but with brothers. Gritty training scenes. Great fight scenes. Kick […]

The Glorious Life of the Best Good Boy Ever

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, The LatestMarch 3, 2020

The third night our puppy was home with us I slept on the kitchen floor next to his crate. He was whimpering. He had a stomach bug. He couldn’t sleep. He couldn’t control himself. My little good boy pooped a million times and stunk and I got so tired of going back and forth from […]

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Jon Finkel is the award-winning author of The Athlete, Heart Over Height, “Mean” Joe Greene, The Dadvantage, Forces of Character and other books about icons, fatherhood and fitness. His work has been endorsed by a range of luminaries, from Spike Lee and Tony Dungy to Jerry Jones, Kurt Warner and Jeff Van Gundy.

He is the co-host of the Life of Dad Sports Show, an avid speaker, writer and creative strategist for some of the biggest brands in sports and health.

As a feature writer, he has written for GQ, Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, The New York Times and many more.

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Books with Icons

The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward
“Mean” Joe Greene: Built By Football
Forces of Character: Conversations About Building a Life of Impact
Heart Over Height: The Improbable Rise of Nate Robinson

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Books for People Who Like to Know Stuff

The Three Dollar Scholar: Awesome Advice for Acing Life’s Major Decisions and Mindless Debates
Jocks in Chief: From Football Stars and Brawlers to Feats of Strength and Iron Butt, A Complete Ranking of the Most Athletic Presidents of the United States

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Books for Kids:

 

Tastebudless Bud: Epic Tales from Doughnesia and How I Won the Food Fight of the Century

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