Max Kase was an American newspaper writer and editor. He worked for the Hearst newspapers from 1917 to 1966 and was the sports editor of the New York Journal-American from 1938 to 1966. In 1946, he was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the New York Knicks and the Basketball Association of America, predecessor to the NBA. He won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for his work exposing corruption in men's college basketball, primarily the CCNY Point Shaving Scandal.
Kase in 1952, after receiving Pulitzer Prize
New York Journal-American
The New York Journal-American was a daily newspaper published in New York City from 1937 to 1966. The Journal-American was the product of a merger between two New York newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst: the New York American, a morning paper, and the New York Evening Journal, an afternoon paper. Both were published by Hearst from 1895 to 1937. The American and Evening Journal merged in 1937.
New York Journal American headlining the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad during World War II
The front page of the June 26, 1906 issue of the New York American, prior to merger. The murder of Stanford White is its headline.
Edition of Friday afternoon, September 25, 1964
The Journal April 12, 1896 front page with Holmes mugshots
