The count was one ball, two strikes. Ozzie Smith stepped into the batter’s box and jumped on an inside fastball. It was Oct. 14, 1985, and The Wizard hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against the L.A. Dodgers to win the National...

Assaf Lowengart, the first Israeli-born professional baseball player and the only sabra on Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic, was eager to have his parents come from Timorim to see him in action in 2023. But he broke his ankle three weeks before...

  A trip to the World Baseball Classic in Miami started as a spring break idea for one St. Louis college student. By Sunday afternoon, it turned into a front-row seat to a Team Israel victory. “It was actually my son’s idea to get...

MIAMI — If Team Israel is going to make another miracle run in the World Baseball Classic, it will have to start a day late. Fourth-seeded Venezuela, one of the favorites to win the tournament, defeated Israel 11-3 on Saturday night at loanDepot...

  The 2026 St. Louis Cardinals TV broadcast team will include a new face: Dani Wexelman joins the squad as a pre- and post-game host and sideline reporter. Wexelman, whose father's side of the family is Jewish, grew up in St. Louis and is...

  JUPITER, Fla. — In a sport built on superstition, spreadsheets and 162-game marathons, Chaim Bloom’s most enduring symbol may be a jar of gefilte fish more than two decades old. The jar dates to Passover 2006 or 2007, during his early...

  Registration is now open for the Legends Games, coming in May to the Jewish Community Center. The sporting competition for any community member aged 50 and up was formerly known as the St. Louis Senior Olympics. More than 90 individual,...

  Like millions of Americans, I woke up early Sunday morning, turned on the TV, made a pot of coffee and got comfortable to watch a hockey game being played in Milan, Italy. Team USA vs. Team Canada. Winner takes gold. Loser goes home with...

  (JTA) — The governing body for the Olympics is defending its sale of a limited-edition T-shirt commemorating the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin under Adolf Hitler’s Germany. The $42 shirt, which was condemned by Jewish organizations,...

St. Louis CITY SC opens its 2026 season on Feb. 21, but one of the more intriguing additions to the roster has already arrived. Midfielder Daniel Edelman, a 22-year-old Jewish standout who made his name with the New York Red Bulls, is now wearing...

  Michael Wielansky keeps showing up in places that suggest his baseball story isn’t finished yet. On Feb. 7, the Jewish St. Louisan and Ladue High School graduate was named Most Valuable Player of the 2026 Caribbean Series after helping...

  Josh Schertz and Rebecca Tillett arrived at basketball by different paths, but they share a belief that the game is about far more than wins and losses. The Jewish head coaches of the men’s and women’s programs, respectively, at Jesuit...