DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published July 15, 2021
The All-Star Break arrived like a breath of fresh air to a struggling St. Louis Cardinals team. Even following a nice win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday before Sunday's rainout, the skewed taste of Friday's debacle at Wrigley Field remained. The Home...
Alec Baris, Digital Engagement Associate
• Published July 15, 2021
For the first time in Israeli baseball history, a team bobblehead was announced for sale to the general public, and the team chose a perfect athlete to take the mantle.
The Team Israel Baseball shop has released bobbleheads of Shlomo Lipetz, sidearm...
(JTA) — The Arizona Diamondbacks made baseball history Monday when they made Jacob Steinmetz, a 17-year-old right-handed pitcher from Woodmere, New York, their third round pick in the Major League Baseball draft.
Steinmetz, who lists at 6-feet-5...
(JTA) — It has now become a doubly historic Major League Baseball draft.
The Washington Nationals selected Elie Kligman with their final and 20th round pick on Tuesday, making him the second observant Orthodox Jewish player ever drafted into the...
(July 12, 2021 / JNS) A Jewish Canadian cyclist became the first woman to win the overall solo division of Race Across America (RAAM), the ultra-distance cycling competition, reported The Times of Israel.
Leah Goldstein, 52, crossed the RAAM finish...
Alec Baris, Digital Engagement Associate
• Published July 12, 2021
Sports fans around the country have long heard the tale of famous Jewish pitcher Sandy Koufax sitting out of a World Series game to observe the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Now, modern fans may eventually get to experience something similar every week.
The...
(JTA) — It took several tries, but Marvin Miller, the longtime Jewish Major League Baseball Players Association chief who changed the sport by transforming the players’ union into a powerhouse, will finally be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame.
There’s...
Israel brought home two bronze medals – both in judo — from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. The Paralympic team earned three bronze medals — in rowing, shooting and swimming.
Will more Israeli athletes ascend the winners’ podium this summer...
This article originally appeared on Alma.
Anat Lelior’s first experience with surfing came at age 5.
It was an inauspicious start to the sport that would become her career and, later this month, take her to the Tokyo Olympics.
Her father, Yochai,...
(JTA) — In May, as the latest violent Israel-Gaza conflict heated up, Ty Kelly did something he could never do in any other professional baseball dugout. He turned to some of his teammates to learn more about the situation.
Kelly, a 32-year-old currently...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 7, 2021
Whenever an outfielder, or basically any hitter with a pulse, becomes available, the masses wonder about his worth to their team. For Cardinal Nation, the ruminating goes on a lot longer than most ball clubs these days. Outfielder Adam Eaton, a player...
Israel Start-Up Nation was in the mix once again on stage 10 of the Tour de France as André Greipel took seventh place in the bunch sprint.
With a windy weather forecast, everybody was a bit nervous and uncertain of what to expect from Tuesday’s...
