[4][5] At the time of the 1910 United States census, Kase was living with his parents and an older sister (Lena) at 334 Georgia Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.

[7] At the time of the 1920 United States census, Kase was living with his parents and two older siblings (Benjamin and Lena) at the same address in The Bronx.

In February 1922, newspapers across the country published his feature story about plans by Will Hays and others to build a model community on Long Island to lure motion picture production away from scandal-ridden Hollywood.

The story opened with the following provocative quote from psychologist Andre Tridon: "Jazz should be our national pastime: the flapper, God bless her, is the hope of the modern world.

[18] His moving feature from February 1923 about the death of a 17-year-old boy from Manhattan's Lower East Side was also published in Hearst newspapers across the country: The bustle of the East Side has slightly slowed, the shrill cry of pushcart peddlers is a bit subdued, while on the teeming block of Eldridge street, in the heart of the Ghetto, there is deep mourning.

the lobbies which were jammed and crowded now echo hollowly with the footsteps of a forlorn bartender, a sad hearted inn-keeper and an occasional waiter.

[24]Kase provided similar in-depth coverage leading up to the July 1923 championship bout between lightweights Benny Leonard, born in the Jewish ghetto of New York's Lower East Side, and Lew Tendler.

[25][26] When Leonard successfully defended his title in front of a crowd of 60,000 spectators at Yankee Stadium, Kase wrote that the title of "The Old Master," previously used to describe Joe Gans, "may now in all probability be hauled out, dusted off and placed firmly on the brow of Benny Leonard.

[9][28] In the early 1930s, Kase covered the National League baseball beat for the Journal and the Hearst newspaper syndicate.

"[44] In March 1936, he drew national coverage with a feature story reporting that Dizzy Dean's wife had been assigned to negotiate a new contract with the Cardinals.

[46] In 1937, Kase was added to the committee of eight baseball writers charged with choosing the American League's Most Valuable Player.

In October 1938, after Wilton Farnsworth retired to become a boxing promoter, Kase replaced him as the sports editor of the New York Journal-American.

In his book on the history of the NBA, Charles Rosen wrote the following about Kase:During his career, his trademark widow's peak and devilish smile were seen at every conceivable sporting event from basketball to baseball, from football to ice hockey, from rodeos to bullfights, from six-day bicycle races to flagpole-sitting contests, as well as boxing and wrestling matches, dog shows, and track meets.

The game also featured an exhibition by 13 all-time baseball greats, including Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, George Sisler, Tris Speaker, and Honus Wagner.

One of the highlights of the exhibition was a home run hit by Babe Ruth into the right field stands off Walter Johnson.

The events included a War Bond Day at the Aqueduct Racetrack, a golf exhibition with Byron Nelson and Jug McSpaden, a sports carnival at the Polo Grounds on June 17, 1944, and a novel three-way baseball game at the Polo Grounds on June 26, 1944, between the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and New York Yankees.

Brown, manager of the Boston Garden, about creating a truly national basketball league with franchises in the country's largest cities.

The overflow crowd that turned out for the charity event reinforced Kase's belief that professional basketball could attract a following in New York.

[59] One author wrote: "The impetus behind the formation of the BAA came mainly from Max Kase ..."[60] Another noted: The Basketball Association of America, a bastard child, sprang from the unlikely parentage of pro hockey and the Hearst press.

[63][64] The Journal-American's investigation eventually focused on Eddie Gard, a player for the Long Island University basketball team who was believed to be acting as a bagman for the gambling interests.

[66] The investigation resulted in the arrest and prosecution of three star players from the City College of New York's 1950 national championship team.

Kase wrote in the Journal-American that "a first blush of sympathy for the corrupted weaklings has given way to a cold rage because of their lack of loyalty to their school and a calloused greed for their Judas pieces of silver.

[68] It was ultimately shown that five players on Kentucky's 1949 NCAA championship team were involved or implicated in point shaving.

The national all-star game was played at the Polo Grounds in New York and was called the Hearst Sandlot Classic.

[37][73][74] In 1950, Kase founded the B'nai B'rith New York Sports Lodge as part of the Anti-Defamation League's campaign to promote religious tolerance and fight anti-Semitism.

Accordingly, Kase, with sponsorship from the New York Journal-American, organized a United States February 1957 tour by the Israeli basketball team with games played in Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.