I SPORTS 1 SHAPES OF THINGS TO COME $100 off Message By Lineman Done For 2 Daughters the JCC Health Club The Shape of things to come in the New Year are at the JCC Health Club where fitness is our business. t Jewish Community Center 6600 West Maple Road West Bloomfield, MI 48322 Membership Department 661-1000, ext. 265, 266 • Some Restrictions May Apply • Offer Good Jan. 1-31, 1991 • New Health Club Members Only i .fi r Real People RICHARD PEARL M SCHOOL DAYS: B.S. in biology, Wayne State University; D.D.S., University of Michigan HOME TEAM: Wife Fran, children Amy, Lisa, Jeffrey ENJOYS: Jogging, racquetball, aerobics, bridge and sports on TV PRIZED POSSESSION: Detroit Pistons season tickets ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN ROLE: Associate chairman, Dental Section; Hadracha leadership development group WHY HE'S A CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEER: "Because it's a task that has to be done, and it's our responsibility to assist those who need help." If not now, when ._ Allied Jewish Campaign • 163 Madison Avenue • Detroit MI 48226-2180 • 965-3939 The Finest in Women's Fashions Only At For insurance call SY WARSHAWSKY, C.L.0 626-2652 Office Phone See me for car, home, life and health insurance Like a good neighbor. State Farm is there. 50 FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1991 W hen Home Box Office producers were in Buffalo, N.Y., preparing for their "In- side the NFL" program, which aired the week of Dec. 17-22, they asked several members of the Buffalo Bills to tape holiday season messages. The players were asked what they were going to say in advance, to eliminate duplication. "I told them I'm sure no one else is saying 'Happy Chanukah,' " Bills- lineman Adam Lingner recalled, "I wished everyone a Happy Chanukah and a Merry Christmas. As someone who deals with the holiday season in his home, I'm more aware of the neglect of the Jewish Staff Writer OCCUPATION: Dentist (in a maize and blue office. "The Wolverines are my favorite college team... in any sport.") 6668 Orchard Lake Road In the West Bloomfield Shopping Plaza W. Bloomfield 48033 Special to The Jewish News Buffalo's Levy To Make History MARVIN SONNE L HARLAN C. ABBEY •• • • • •••••••• RANDEE'S • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Franklin Savings Centre Bldg. 26400 W. 12 Mile Road Southfield, Mich. 354-6070 ary Levy of the Buf- falo Bills will be making history Jan. 27 in Tampa, Fla., when he becomes the first Jewish head coach in the National Football League's Super Bowl. The Bills play the New York Giants for the cham- pionship of professional football in the United States in Sunday's Silver Anniver- sary contest. The Jan. 27 game won't be Levy's first trip to the Super Bowl in a coaching capacity, however. He was special teams coach of the Washing- ton Redskins when they fell to the Miami Dolphins, 14-7, in 1973's Super Bowl VII. In 1981, Levy coached the Kansas City Chiefs to the NFL playoffs, losing to the San Diego Chargers. Two other Jews heavily involved in this season's pro football playoffs will be wat- ching Super Bowl XXV from the sidelines: Al Davis, owner of the Los Angeles Raiders, and Harris Barton, offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers. Davis's team fell, 51-3, to the Bills in the NFL's American Football Con- ference championship Jan. 20, while Barton and his teammates lost, 15-13, to the Giants in the National Foot- ball Conference final the same day. ❑ holiday in December." Lingner, who snaps the ball to punter Rick Tuten and to Frank Reich, who holds for place-kicker Scott Norwood on field goals and extra points, is not Jewish. But his wife, the former Marcy Bern- stein, is, and so are their daughters, Amanda, 5, and Dayna, 2. "I want them to be strong in their religious beliefs," Lingner continued, "and as much as we move around, it's not always convenient to rent in a Jewish neighborhood. So when people wished Amanda `Merry Christmas,' she always answered, 'I don't celebrate Christmas; I celebrate Chanukah.' " "Inside the NFL" was in Buffalo the week prior to the Bills' win over Miami, which gave the team its third straight American Football Conference East champion- ship and the home field ad- vantage throughout the NFL play-offs. The program was seen all over and Lingner's comments brought much favorable reaction from Jewish sports fans, "in- cluding my in-laws, obvious- ly," he added. Another caller was the father of Jeff Morrison, WGR radio announcer who works with Lingner on Lingner's weekly radio program — "I'm the only long-snapper in the NFL with his own show," Lingner said. Morrison is Jewish. The Bills play the New York Giants in the Super Bowl Jan. 27. Adam and Marcy met at the University of Illinois, where Adam became a ninth round draft choice of the Kansas Ci- ty Chiefs in 1983. "I was there four seasons," he said, "seeing some action as an offensive lineman and doing the long snaps." He wound up with the Bills when Buffalo long-snapper Dale Hellestrae went to the Los Angeles Raiders. This year, he has had no bad snaps. "When that hap- pens, and there were two, one each in the last games of the '88 and '89 seasons," he ex- plained, "it's because I tens- ed up in my snapping motion; my mind was on the wrong thing at the wrong time. You have to stay relaxed and make the motion smooth. "This year all my snaps haven't been perfect, but they've been within the target range. On field goals and PATS, I aim for the hand Frank Reich raises." ❑