Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published March 26, 2025
For pinball aficionados, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as the “THOK!” sound indicating you’ve earned a free game. Coming up in May, pinball wizards aged 50 and over can use their skill to win a medal. Pinball is just one of the new competitions...
Bruce Pearl, whose Auburn men’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen this weekend, opened his postgame press conference by calling to “bring the hostages home.”
Auburn is one of three No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball...
As the most exciting time in college basketball begins, Jewish coaches are in the spotlight.
For much of the season, four coaches — Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Duke’s Jon Scheyer, Florida’s Todd Golden and USC’s Lindsay Gottlieb — have been at...
Sadie Levy became the 11th female to score 1,000 points in basketball at Parkway Central High School.
She set the school record for the most points in a single game (with 42 points) and also broke the records for all-time steals as well as three-pointers.
She...
Former St. Louisan Sarah Jacobsohn was named the 2024 Women’s Athlete of the Year by Ultimate Canada and awarded Co-Defensive Player of the Year by Ultiworld, the premier news media site dedicated to the sport of ultimate (frisbee). Jacobsohn was born...
By Philissa Cramer, JTA
• Published February 10, 2025
A performer unfurled a banner showing the Sudanese and Palestinian flags and the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday.
The performer, who was not immediately identified,...
By Benyamin Cohen, The Forward
• Published February 9, 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles have plowed their way to Super Bowl 2025 behind the “tush push,” a play as straightforward as football gets: when the Eagles need a yard — whether on third-and-short, fourth-and-inches, or at the goal line — quarterback...
When more than 100 million viewers tune into the Super Bowl on Sunday, they’ll see Snoop Dogg and Tom Brady go toe to toe in a 30-second spot, screaming in each other’s faces.
The commercial is the second annual Super Bowl ad produced by the...
As a teenager, Agnes Keleti’s athletic pursuits were interrupted by the Nazis, who murdered her father along with more than 500,000 other Hungarian Jews.
As a centenarian, she became a global sensation for not only surviving the Holocaust but returning...
Jewish pitcher Max Fried has reportedly signed an eight-year, $218 million contract with the New York Yankees, the largest contract ever for a Jewish player as well as for a left-handed pitcher.
Fried, who turns 31 in January, entered the MLB offseason...
After a historic football season at BYU, Jake Retzlaff received his latest honor, placing him in the company of Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali: having his face grace an iconic box of food.
Retzlaff, the star quarterback at Brigham Young University,...
Sam Salz’s first taste of NCAA Division I football came during a kickoff — known in football as a “special teams” play.
For most football players, kickoffs are in fact routine. But if anything about the play was special, it was Salz’s presence...
