SPORTS
-
Jewish canoe legend Jessica Fox named Australia’s flag bearer for Paris Olympics opening ceremony – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish canoe legend Jessica Fox named Australia’s flag bearer for Paris Olympics opening ceremony JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Source link
Read More » -
Gary Gulman once disclosed how his Jewish father graciously shot down hopes of a hockey career – Sportskeeda
Gary Gulman once disclosed how his Jewish father graciously shot down hopes of a hockey career Sportskeeda Source link
Read More » -
The Jewish Sport Report: How playing for Team Israel changed Garrett Stubbs’ relationship with the country he still hopes to visit
This article was sent as a newsletter. Sign up for our weekly Jewish sports newsletter here. Hi there! It’s been quite the week in the Jewish baseball world. On Sunday, Zack Gelof and Garrett Stubbs made history of sorts, when Gelof hit a grand slam off Stubbs in the ninth inning of the Oakland Athletics’ 18-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.…
Read More » -
Jewish baseballer Garrett Stubbs makes history in Philadelphia Phillies
(JTA) — PHILADELPHIA — On Sunday, Garrett Stubbs made Jewish history — of sorts. When the Oakland Athletics routed his first-place Philadelphia Phillies 18-3, Stubbs, the backup catcher, was on the mound in the ninth when Zack Gelof hit a grand slam. It was, according to the Jewish Baseball Museum, the first-ever grand slam hit by a Jewish batter…
Read More » -
How this soccer player saved a Jewish teenager from persecution in Nazi Germany
By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — After Germany hosted the England soccer team in May 1938, Rolf Friedland waited patiently outside the stadium. The teenager was hoping to speak to some of soccer’s biggest stars of the time – a feeling of anticipation that many sports fans have experienced. But for the German-Jewish 17-year-old, a lot more was at stake.…
Read More » -
Claire Weinstein, Jessica Fox and 12 other Jewish athletes to watch in the 2024 Paris Olympics
There are veterans like an Australian gold medalist canoe paddler and Israel’s powerhouse judo team. There are newcomers, like the youngest American female wrestler ever and Israel’s soccer team. And there are athletes competing in events from fencing to beach volleyball to racewalking to air pistol shooting. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are around the corner, running from July…
Read More » -
The Jewish Sport Report: How Jacob Steinmetz is navigating minor league life as an Orthodox Jew
Hello! With July upon us, it’s almost time for the biggest sporting event of the year: the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. From fencing to soccer, from Israel to Australia, there are a number of Jewish athletes to watch in the Games — and we’ll have more on that next week. As we gear up for Paris, we turn to…
Read More » -
The folly of pro-Palestinian protesters screaming at Jewish teenage girls playing softball in Surrey, B.C.
It was a sunny Wednesday evening in Surrey, B.C., when a loud group of pro-Palestinian protesters decided to disrupt a softball game played between Canada and Israel as part of the Canada Cup Women’s International Softball Championship. In photos posted to social media on July 3, the sidelined hecklers can be seen brandishing signs with the all-too-familiar modern blood libel…
Read More » -
Meet Zeev Buium, who could be the NHL’s next Jewish superstar
As Zeev Buium prepared to take the ice with the No. 4-ranked University of Denver last fall, he had the jitters expected of any 17-year-old in his first Division I game. But he also had something else on his mind: The Pioneers’ first game fell on Oct. 7 — and Buium’s parents and much of his family are Israeli. “Waking…
Read More » -
The Jewish Sport Report: This Jewish hockey star will be a top-10 NHL draft pick
THE BEST DEFENSE. Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes won the NHL’s Norris Trophy, given to the league’s best defender. Hughes, the first Canuck to win the award, led all NHL defensemen with 92 regular-season points (75 assists and 17 goals). Fellow Jewish star Adam Fox made history when he won the same award in 2021. AV-SEE YA. The Washington Wizards traded Israeli forward Deni Avdija to…
Read More »