(JTA) — When Zack Gelof makes his MLB debut for the Oakland Athletics, which could happen as soon as Friday night, he will become the 18th Jewish player to appear in the big leagues this season.
That is likely an all-time record, topping last season’s...
(JTA) — Though there were no Jewish players at this week’s MLB All-Star Game, the future is bright.
The best bellwether of what’s to come is the MLB Draft, which included 20 rounds split between the past three nights. A total of 614 players were...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published July 6, 2023
Seven St. Louis Jewish teen athletes are in Israel this week, preparing for the weeklong JCC Maccabi Games. This is the first time since 2011 that the games will take place in Israel.
The athletes, Nathan Arst (baseball), Annabel Brockman (tennis),...
(JTA) — British soccer icon David Beckham is known globally for his bevy of championships as well as the “bend” he could put on the ball during 20 seasons of play.
But on Sunday, approximately 600 people in a London synagogue saw him exhibit...
By Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21c
• Published July 3, 2023
Israel has qualified for the men’s football (soccer) competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by advancing to the semifinals of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
According to the qualification criteria, the top three ranked teams...
(JTA) — On March 23, Michael Neuman was in the middle of an obstacle course for NBC’s sports reality competition show “American Ninja Warrior.” The show features grueling challenges such as rope swings, pole vaults and climbing walls, all with...
(JTA) — Soccer players in Italy will no longer be permitted to wear the number 88, which has a secret antisemitic meaning among neo-Nazis, thanks to a joint initiative announced Tuesday between Italy’s government and the Italian soccer federation.
The...
(JTA) — The NBA’s Jewish roster added a new star on Thursday night, as Amari Bailey, a guard from the University of California Los Angeles, was drafted 41st overall by the Charlotte Hornets.
Bailey, 19, a former five-star recruit who played at...
(JTA) — If Eliza Kanner had only one job, late June would be busy enough.
Entering her third season as a New England Patriots cheerleader, Kanner and her team are in the Dominican Republic this week for their annual calendar shoot. The NFL preseason...
By Louis Keene, The Forward
• Published June 22, 2023
By the end of Thursday night’s NBA Draft in Brooklyn, the league will likely have a new Jewish player: Amari Bailey, a former five-star recruit who declared for the draft after his freshman year at UCLA.
Bailey’s Jewish background...
(JNS) -- Jewish infielder Spencer Horwitz, 25, made his Major League Baseball debut on Sunday for the Blue Jays and hit a single in his first at bat.
In his second, he batted in a run on a sacrifice to put Toronto ahead 6-0, and he got walked in his...
(JTA) — Basketball legend Michael Jordan has announced that he will sell his majority stake in the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets to a group led by Jewish millionaires Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall for an estimated $3 billion.
Plotkin, whose net worth...
