Author Bio & Stories

Asher Kohn

Asher Kohn (Twitter: @AJKhn) studies Reds baseball and Islamic law in the former USSR. There is less in common between those two than you might think.

  • January 10, 2013
    Kenny at the Edges

    In our penultimate installment for Kenny Lofton Week, Asher Kohn tells the story of a boy from the godforsaken suburbs of Chicago (one with a unique flavor of godforsaken), APBA Pro Baseball -- the hipster's Strat-o-matic -- and basketball shorts with "CATS" on the side. 

  • November 5, 2012
    Why We Watch | International Edition: Turkey, Twelve Giant Men — The Clog

    Basketball is a growing thing in Turkey. And given that basketball is often used as a trope to bring underprivileged minority communities together in America,. it should be no surprise that it can do the same elsewhere. Energetic lanky kids need something to do indoors the world over, and it only takes a clever person and a bouncy orange ball to do that.

  • October 4, 2012
    The Big Red Troll — The Clog

    The Reds are what they are. That is to say, the trollin'est team in baseball.