Phillies’ Amaro has rest of league saying ‘Roy Vey’
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — The son and grandson of professional baseball players, Ruben Amaro Jr. was as good a candidate as any to become a baseball lifer. Yet soccer was actually his “first love” as a kid,...
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Israeli teen Deni Avdija is set to make his NBA debut. His excited and sleepy...
(JTA) — Expect plenty of bleary eyes around Israel on Thursday as favorite son Deni Avdija makes his NBA debut for the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night. The game against the Philadelphia 76ers...
View ArticleDeni Avdija named to NBA’s Rising Stars team
(JTA) — As he tries to acclimate to the NBA, Deni Avdija got some much-needed good news: The Israeli first-year pro was picked for the Rising Stars Challenge featuring the league’s 20 top rookies and...
View ArticleSam Fuld played for Team Israel’s cinderella team. Now he’s trying to revamp...
(JTA) – Sam Fuld, the new general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, says he’s just getting acquainted with one of his predecessors in the job, Ruben Amaro Jr., now a broadcaster for the club. Their...
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Baseball is back: Alex Bregman and Max Fried top the list of 8 Jewish players...
(JTA) — Alex Bregman is hoping to return to his near MVP form, Max Fried will be doing something no Jewish lefthanded pitcher has done in nearly five decades and World Series winner Joc Pederson is...
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This Shabbat-observant baseball phenom has his eyes on a Major League career....
(JTA) — Is it possible to play Major League Baseball while being a Sabbath-observant Jew? It’s a question that could have an answer within the next few years if Elie Kligman, an 18-year-old from Las...
View ArticleDavid Cohen is a longshot to become the 1st Jewish jockey to win the Kentucky...
(JTA) – The odds are long that David Cohen can become the first Jewish jockey to win a Kentucky Derby. Cohen’s horse, Keepmeinmind, is a 50-1 shot in the early line for Saturday’s Triple Crown race at...
View ArticleMarv Albert, Jewish sports broadcasting legend, to retire this year
(JTA) — Legendary Jewish sportscaster Marv Albert will retire after the NBA playoffs this summer, he announced Monday. Born Marvin Aufrichtig to Jewish parents in Brooklyn, he became one of...
View ArticleJon Scheyer, a Jewish star player at Duke who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv,...
(JTA) — How do you follow a coaching legend? Jon Scheyer, a one-time Jewish basketball star at Duke University who went on to play for the Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv, will find out soon...
View ArticleBaseball phenom Jacob Steinmetz becomes first known Orthodox player drafted...
(JTA) — The Arizona Diamondbacks drafted Long Island, New York native Jacob Steinmetz 77th overall in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft on Monday. He’s the first known observant...
View ArticleWoodmere Pitcher Jacob Steinmetz Becomes First Observant Orthodox Player...
(JTA) — The Arizona Diamondbacks drafted Woodmere, Long Island native Jacob Steinmetz 77th overall in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft on Monday. He’s the first known observant...
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‘Why can’t I be the first?’ Orthodox baseball prospect Jacob Steinmetz on the...
(JTA) — If all goes well for Jacob Steinmetz, he could run into a kosher food problem in the near future. Steinmetz, a 17-year-old pitcher from suburban New York with a blazing fastball, made history...
View ArticleA guide to kosher food (and vegan options) at every Major League Baseball...
(JTA) — Jews love baseball — there’s no denying it. But when the baseball season opened in April, most major league stadiums were operating at restricted capacities and offered a limited number of...
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Could Ryan Turell become the first Orthodox Jew to play in the NBA? Scouts...
(JTA) — Elliot Steinmetz knows something about firsts: last July, his son Jacob became the first known Orthodox baseball player to get picked in the MLB draft. The elder Steinmetz is also the head...
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Orthodox MLB draft pick Elie Kligman has a younger brother who could follow...
(JTA) — Some Jewish baseball fans know the name Elie Kligman, even though he’s just a freshman in college. That’s because last year he became one of the first two Orthodox Jewish players ever picked in...
View ArticleJewish Hall-of-Fame jockey Walter Blum, who rode to victory in Belmont...
(JTA) — Jockey Walter Blum, the only Jewish rider inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 89. The cause was lung cancer, according to Blum’s longtime friend...
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Remembering Rabbi Andrew Sacks, 70, a ‘rabble-rouser’ who fought for...
When I think of my friend and spiritual advisor Andy Sacks, I think of the words of the late civil rights icon, Rep. John Lewis, who urged his followers to “get into good trouble.” As the longtime...
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Kobe Bryant’s father Joe, who once coached a Jewish girls basketball team,...
Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, a Philadelphia basketball hero who died Monday at the age of 69, played eight seasons in the NBA and is best known as the father of the late basketball great Kobe Bryant. But...
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