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Jon Finkel

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born

January 21, 1978 in Springfield, MA, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.thethreedollarscholar.com

twitter username

3dollarscholar

genre

Humor, Entertainment, Literature & Fiction

influences

Rodney Dangerfield, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Aaron Sorkin, Cameron ...more

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November 2011

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Jon Finkel began his career in entertainment as a Production Assistant for Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla on The Man Show for Comedy Central. After his first season, Jon was promoted to Associate Producer and worked on several pilots for the network. During this time, Jon began writing a column for ComedyCentral.com and also started pursuing his other passion, sports writing, with a position as the ‘Where Are They Now’ columnist for the NFL Players’ website, NFLPlayers.com.

While writing for both websites, Jon began contributing articles to print publications like Men’s Health and Maximum Fitness, which eventually lead to his becoming the sports cover story writer for Men’s Fitness full time.

Wanting to keep his hand in both the comedy writi...more Jon Finkel began his career in entertainment as a Production Assistant for Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla on The Man Show for Comedy Central. After his first season, Jon was promoted to Associate Producer and worked on several pilots for the network. During this time, Jon began writing a column for ComedyCentral.com and also started pursuing his other passion, sports writing, with a position as the ‘Where Are They Now’ columnist for the NFL Players’ website, NFLPlayers.com.

While writing for both websites, Jon began contributing articles to print publications like Men’s Health and Maximum Fitness, which eventually lead to his becoming the sports cover story writer for Men’s Fitness full time.

Wanting to keep his hand in both the comedy writing and sports writing world, Jon began writing a monthly humor column for GQ as ‘The Body Guru’, answering readers’ questions as the sarcastic, yet informative, voice of the magazine. Jon maintains his unofficial guru status to this day.

Following his time at GQ, Jon continued to expand his writing portfolio by contributing to a wide variety of publications, including The New York Times, Details, Flex, and even a cover story in Parenting Magazine a full 6 years before he would become an actual parent.

Perhaps in preparation for writing stories that his future children would enjoy reading, or perhaps because he worshipped at the alter of Sports Illustrated for Kids as a child, Jon expanded on his magazine work by pitching and being hired to write a series of twelve children’s books for the NBA’s Read to Achieve program called ‘Greatest Stars of the NBA’. The books were on NBA stars like Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. Jon wrote all twelve books in the series and won an American Library Association award for several titles.

After the NBA books were completed, Jon went back to his adult sports writing roots and became a staff writer, columnist and cover story writer for Muscle & Fitness. While at M&F, Jon promoted some of his features with appearances on local and national sports talk radio shows.

Jon’s newest book, The Three Dollar Scholar: Awesome Advice for Acing Life’s Major Decisions and Mindless Debates is now available on Amazon.com.
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Manly Rules for Naming Man's Best Friend - ArtofManliness.com

Just wanted to let everyone know that an excerpt from my comedy/advice book, The Three Dollar Scholar is the main feature on The Art of Manliness Website... It's an awesome website and the feature is called: Manly Rules for Naming Man's Best Friend. It has sparked a great discussion about picking out the perfect dog name. Dog lovers and comedy lovers, head on over and enjoy:

http://artofmanlines... read more »

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Books by Jon Finkel

Average rating: 4.51 · 47 ratings · 8 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 10: Kobe Bryant (Greatest Stars of the NBA #10) by Jon Finkel (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Nunn-Iwai, Tomás Montalvo-Lagos 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 5: Allen Iverson (Greatest Stars of the NBA #5) by Jon Finkel (Goodreads Author), Louis Csontos 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 4: Kevin Garnett (Greatest Stars of the NBA #4) by Jon Finkel (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Nunn-Iwai 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 2: Tim Duncan (Greatest Stars of the NBA #2) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 9: International Stars (Greatest Stars of the NBA #9) by Jon Finkel (Goodreads Author), Tomás Montalvo-Lagos 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 8: All-Time Dunks (Greatest Stars of the NBA #8) 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 1: Shaquille O'Neal (Greatest Stars of the NBA #1) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Three Dollar Scholar 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 3: Jason Kidd (Greatest Stars of the NBA #3) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 6: Future Greatest Stars of the NBA (Greatest Stars of the NBA #6) by Jon Finkel (Goodreads Author), Anna Kernbaum 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	My rating:

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Greatest Stars of the NBA (11 books)
by Jon Finkel (Goodreads Author)

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No Wonder My Parents Drank: Tales from a Stand-Up Dad

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The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

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Jon Finkel made a comment in the group The Humour Club — Introduce Yourselves. topic "Oh, we're talking dogs now? Awesome. I have a Lab, but our neighbor has a Goldie. Obviously, both stellar breeds. We have nice arguments about which i...more "
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Jon Finkel made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians — Please help - There are 2 entries for my book. 1 with no cover or comments, the other with cover and comments... topic "Looks like you guys solved it. I don't know why there are two editions. Yes, the book is available in both Nook and Kindle, but I only registered it o...more "
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Jon Finkel made a comment on Manly Rules for Naming Man's Best Friend - ArtofManliness.com: "Richard, glad you enjoyed the article... Sounds like Heidi was a nightmare. We have a dog in our neighborhood that is similarly terrible. It is comple...more "
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Jon Finkel marked as to-read: Stress and anxiety reduction factors among law enforcement officers. by Bradley Forrest Kyle	My rating:
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