LOS ANGELES (JTA) — JJ Harel, newly 14 years old and standing at 6-foot-2, expects to face some tough competition when the Olympics return to Los Angeles in 2028 and the starting pistol for the track and field events sounds off.
But his first decision...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published September 14, 2022
In the mid-1980s, Jerry Ehrlich oversaw a Jewish Community Center youth sports camp where he met a talented young baseball player. Thirty years later, the coach and player have reconnected and are helping improve the lives of people with disabilities.
That...
AMY BURGER, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 12, 2022
If you've been around St. Louis over the past 13 years, chances are you will be familiar with Pedal the Cause, the annual cycling challenge that has raised over $36 million in funding for cancer research at Siteman Cancer Center and Siteman Kids at...
(JTA) — Sports fans are obsessed with legacy. The term GOAT — greatest of all time — is thrown around more than a baseball during little league practice. Whether it’s LeBron vs. Jordan or Serena vs. Court, the sports world is consumed by debates...
(JTA) — The 103rd season of the National Football League kicks off on Thursday, and there are a number of Jewish players to keep an eye on this year.
These are all of the Jewish players on NFL rosters entering Week 1 (listed in alphabetical order)...
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Last month, at the Pan American Games in Medellin, Colombia, spectators, journalists and the event’s organizers lined up with anticipation along the side of a pool to watch a 400-meter medley. They were there to see Nora Tausz...
(JTA) — Bobby Jones headed to bed on Sept. 4, 1972, expecting a grueling practice schedule the next day. After a standout sophomore season at the University of North Carolina, the future NBA Hall of Famer was in Munich as a member of the U.S. men’s...
LONDON (JTA) — Next weekend marks the Scottish soccer season’s first Old Firm matchup — the nickname for the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers, two of the country’s most storied clubs, both based in Glasgow.
The teams play a few times each...
This summer marked the 40th year of the JCC Maccabi Games. This year's games took place in San Diego, Calif., from July 31 to Aug. 5.
The St. Louis team sent 38 young athletes to join 57 other delegations and more than 1,600 Jewish teen athletes...
By Louis Keene, The Forward
• Published August 23, 2022
Lenny Dykstra, the retired Mets and Phillies outfielder nicknamed “Nails,” has been tweeting observations about Jewish culture, public figures, and even religion for years. And some of those tweets are pretty inside-baseball — especially considering...
(JTA) — Fifty years after 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Israel’s men’s marathon team won gold at the European Championships in that same city.
The Israeli team won on Monday with a total time of 6 hours, 31 minutes...
