(JTA) — To Israelis who were around in the 1970s and ’80s, Aulcie Perry was “Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rolled into one,” the viewer is told in the documentary “Aulcie.”
Director Dani Menkin’s portrait of the unlikely...
(JTA) — Anthony Firkser didn’t start playing football until his sophomore year of high school. That may not sound strange for the average person — but for someone who is now a professional NFL player, it’s a much later start than most of...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 10, 2021
With the World Series finished and the player options having been exercised or declined by teams, the time has come for free agents to run amok in the Major League Baseball Hot Stove landscape. For the St. Louis Cardinals, their sights will be set on...
(JTA) — Max Fried is having quite a month.
The Jewish star pitcher won his second straight Gold Glove Award, given to the best defensive player at each position in each league, on Sunday night, five days after he pitched the Atlanta Braves to the franchise’s...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 8, 2021
Matt Carpenter was the epitome of an old school baseball player: he didn't wear batting gloves and couldn't adjust to the shift, but he played wherever the team needed him. No matter where managers Tony La Russa, Mike Matheny and Mike Shildt pointed...
(JTA) – Police in Britain arrested two men for allegedly chanting offensive soccer-themed limericks at an Orthodox Jewish passenger on a flight Nov. 4.
The incident was filmed aboard a Ryanair flight from the United Kingdom to Belgium last week. Many...
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Happy Friday, dear Jewish Sport Report readers! We’ll get to Max Fried’s Koufaxian performance in the World Series, but first…
This Sunday is the 50th...
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — On Sunday, for the 36th time, Peter Berkowsky will wake up at 3:00 a.m., drive in the dark from his home in Livingston, New Jersey to Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island and set up a pre-race minyan, or Jewish prayer quorum,...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 4, 2021
There's a difference between "best catcher of a generation" and "best-hitting catcher of a generation." Today, I will explain why that is. An example: Yadier Molina and Buster Posey.
A tweet from Barstool Sports sparked this debate.
Buster Posey,...
(JTA) — Jewish ace pitcher Max Fried delivered his Atlanta Braves to their first World Championship since 1995 with six shutout innings in Tuesday’s Game 6 of a World Series heralded as the most Jewish in baseball history. Fried, also became the first...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 1, 2021
Improvement for a Major League Baseball team can come in a variety of ways, such as a new manager. But many (including myself) could argue that Oliver Marmol isn't an improvement over Mike Shildt. Even John Mozeliak and Bill DeWitt Jr. couldn't convince...
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Hello and welcome to the second edition of the Jewish Sport Report! We know Jewish sports fans want to talk about all the Jews in the World Series, and don’t...
