Max Kase
Journalist, Award Winner
1897 – 1974
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Who was Max Kase?
Max Kase was an American newspaper writer and editor. He worked for the Hearst newspapers from 1917 to 1966 and was the sports editor of the New York Journal-American from 1938 to 1966. In 1946, he was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the New York Knicks and the Basketball Association of America, predecessor to the NBA. He won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for his work exposing corruption in men's college basketball, primarily the CCNY Point Shaving Scandal.
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- Born
- Jul 21, 1897
New York City - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Employment
- Hearst Corporation
- Died
- Mar 20, 1974
Yonkers
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on July 23, 2013
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