Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (September 9, 1919 – April 21, 1996) was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookie. He was born Dimetrios Georgos Synodinos in Steubenville, Ohio. Image File history File links CaptureD13JimmySnyder. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World; Sin City Location of Las Vegas in Nevada Coordinates: County Clark Mayor Oscar B. Goodman(D) Area    - City 131. ... A bookmaker, bookie or turf accountant, is an organisation or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the odds. ... Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Ohio, in the United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ...

Picking controversy

As a football commentator, Snyder was controversial. He would often give his picks for winners of games and touted his ability to make the right picks, which critics claimed were indirectly encouraging gambling; Snyder countered by saying that he never gave the spread of the games, so his picks couldn't be considered an endorsement of gambling. According to the autobiography entitled Jimmy the Greek by Jimmy Greek, Steve Herskowitz (Editor), and Mickey Herskowitz, he bet $10,000 USD on the 1948 election between Thomas Dewey and Harry S. Truman, getting 17:1 odds for Truman to win. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Spread betting is a form of gambling on the outcome of any event where the more accurate the gamble, the more is won and conversely the less accurate the more is lost. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was the Governor of New York (1943-1955) and the Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in two elections (1944 and 1948), losing both times. ... Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953); as Vice President, he succeeded to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ...

Cannonball Run

Snyder also appeared in a cameo in the 1981 movie, Cannonball Run as a bookie. In the movie he offered 20-1 odds against Formula One driver Jamie Blake (played by Dean Martin) and gambler Morris Fenderbaum (played by Sammy Davis Jr.) winning the Cannonball coast-to-coast endurance race. // Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... Cannonball Run can refer to the following: Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an outlaw automobile race of the 1970s or its many copycat successors Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II, movies inspired by the races Cannonball Run 2001, a USA Network reality television show inspired by... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sammy Davis, Jr. ...

Controversial statements

On January 16, 1988, he was fired by the CBS network (where he was a contributor to the NFL Today program since 1976) after commenting to a reporter that African Americans were naturally superior athletes because they had been bred to produce stronger offspring during slavery: January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... // Introduction The NFL Today is a TV program that precedes the American football program The NFL on CBS on CBS Sports, which is the sports division of the U.S. TV station network CBS. The program usually airs at noon on Sundays of the National Football League regular season. ... The 1976 NFL season was the 57th regular season of the National Football League. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

During the slave period, the slave owner would breed his big black with his big woman so that he would have a big black kid—that's where it all started.

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Death

Snyder died of a heart attack in Las Vegas, at the age of 76. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...

Trivia

• Jimmy is mentioned by rapper Mr. Eon on a track entitled "B-Boy Document" on Rawkus Records' collaboration album Soundbombing II. He states that "That s--t woulbe be as ignorant as Jimmy the Greek," which most likely refers to his disparaging remarks about African-Americans made as a CBS analyst.

Rawkus Records is an independent hip hop record label that enjoyed considerable exposure and massive success in the late 90s. ... Soundbombing 2 is the second installment in Rawkus Records Soundbombing series, and was possibly the most successful and acclaimed release out of all the Rawkus compilations. ...

External links

• CNN SI item on Jimmy
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• Article by Jonathan Rowe in Washington Monthly, April 1988 (Article examining the validity of Jimmy Snyder's racial comments. "Jimmy the Greek got it wrong but so did his critics")