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publicist in 1978.
Among the Kronk boxers 
she promoted were Thomas 
“The Hitman” Hearns, Milton 
McCrory, Duane Thomas and 
Hilmer Kenty.
Kallen became a boxing 
manager in 1988. Among the 
boxers she managed in the 
early years were champions 
James Toney, Bronco McKart 
and Tom Johnson.
She’s still a boxing manager. 
Her current clients are Sam 
Rizzo and Mykquan Williams. 
“I was the antithesis of 
someone entering the boxing 
business ... a white Jewish 
suburban housewife,” she said. 
“But I’ve been successful all 
these years by keeping my 
nose clean, not burning any 
bridges and treating everyone 
with respect.”
Kallen was the subject of a 
2004 movie, Against the Ropes, 
starring Meg Ryan, and was 
a regular on The Contender, 
an NBC show that starred 
Sylvester Stallone and Sugar 
Ray Leonard.
She’s written books, done 

speaking engagements on 
a variety of topics and was 
the commissioner of the 
International Female Boxing 
Association.
She’ll be 78 when she’s 
inducted into the IBHOP, 
and she has no intention of 
slowing down.
“There are still doors to 
open and mountains to climb,” 
she said. 

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Here’s How to Apply for a Rosen Stars 
of Tomorrow Scholarship

The application window 
has opened for the 
Dr. Steven and Evelyn 
Rosen Stars of Tomorrow 
scholarships offered by 
the Michigan Jewish 
Sports Foundation.
The scholarships are for Jewish high school seniors. Applicants 
are judged on financial need, athletic and academic achievements, 
community service and extracurricular activities.
Steven Rosen, a 2009 inductee into the Michigan Jewish Sports 
Hall of Fame, was a track star in high school and at the University of 
Michigan and a starter for the U.S. age 35-and-over basketball team in 
the Maccabiah Games in Israel in 1993. 
After graduating from U-M, Rosen graduated from the Wayne State 
University Medical School and practiced radiology from 1978-2006. He 
died in 2016 at age 66.
To get an application for a scholarship, go to michiganjewishsports.
org or contact Foundation Executive Director Don Rudick at zeedon1@
gmail.com or (248) 390-5981. The deadline is June 3.

Birmingham’s Max Sasson is ‘Found Money’ 
in the Vancouver Canucks Organization

Will the next Jewish player in the NHL be Max Sasson?
Since signing with the Vancouver Canucks late last season as an undrafted 
free agent following an outstanding career at Western Michigan University and 
being assigned by the NHL team to the Abbotsford Canucks of the American 
Hockey League, the 23-year-old center from Birmingham has become one of 
Vancouver’s top prospects. 
Through 24 games this season for Abbotsford, Sasson 
had 10 goals and eight assists.
Here’s what The Hockey News had to say about 
Sasson while listing him as No. 7 on a list of top 10 
Vancouver prospects:
“Max Sasson has been found money for the Canucks 
organization. In his first full season as a pro ... he has 
become a crucial part of Abbotsford’s top six (forwards). 
Whether it’s his ability to get shots on net or work in the 
defensive zone, he has become an intriguing prospect 
that fans should keep an eye on.”

ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS

Max Sasson is introduced to the Abbotsford Canucks 
crowd as the No. 1 star following a game last season.

Bowling League Gets Rolling After a 
Break for Football
Competition resumed Monday after a holiday break in the weekly 
Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson B’nai B’rith bowling league. Jan. 8 was 
the scheduled restart date, but there was a distraction.
“We canceled bowling that night because of the Michigan foot-
ball game,” said League Secretary Gary Klinger, referencing the 
Michigan-Washington national championship game, won by the 
Wolverines.
“So many guys in the league either went to the game (in Houston), 
or were planning to stay home and watch it,” Klinger said.
The canceled week of bowling was added to the end of the 
13-week second half of the season. 
The Motley Crew made news in the 24-team league as 2023 
ended. It was in first place in the Pete Weber Division with a league 
best 33-9 record.
Pat Herron, a Motley Crue team member along with Ray Kach, Jay 
Nitzkin, Mike Rosenfeld and Chris Lawler, bowled his season-high 
game and series of 199 and 533 on Dec. 18. He was 119 pins over 
average for the night, the most in the league.
The other division leaders heading into 2024 were Ruby’s Rollers 
in the Mark Roth Division, X Marks the Spot in the Earl Anthony 
Division and HEY Gary in the W.R. Williams Division.
The start of the year for the league also meant the resumption of 
the International B’nai B’rith Bowling Association National Eliminator 
Tournament, held remotely, and the beginning of the in-house Mark 
Klinger Over-Average Tournament.

Meet the Motley Crew: Chris Lawler, Jay Nitzkin, Mike Rosenfeld 
and Pat Herron. Ray Kach is not pictured.

GARY KLINGER

Thomas Hearns and Jackie Kallen

JACKIE KALLEN