Akiba Grad Chaim Bloom Takes Top Job With Red Sox
2019 was a good year for Jews playing in Major League Baseball.
Joc Pederson, a young outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, cracked 36 home...
Locals Host ‘The Rights to Ricky Sanchez’ Sixers Podcast
Perhaps nothing better explains the sensibility of “The Rights to Ricky Sanchez” podcast than the name itself.
Sanchez was a middling Puerto Rican power forward,...
Gabe Kapler Hired to Manage San Francisco Giants
By Marc Brodsky / JTA
A month after being fired from his first manager’s post, Gabe Kapler has another shot.
The Jewish ex-major league outfielder, a...
J. Russell Peltz Celebrates Half Century in Boxing
Boxing has mesmerized J. Russell Peltz since he was a Bar Mitzvah boy in Bala Cynwyd, although circumstances never really gave his boxing career...
Israel’s Baseball Team Earns Trip to 2020 Olympics
When you consider the odds, the idea that Israel’s national baseball team could qualify for a spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo...
Israeli Lacrosse Team Helps Kenyan Team With Gift
It’s unusual for a sports team to go out of its way to help give its opponents an advantage, but that was the case...
Coach: Maccabi Is ‘My Favorite Week of the Year’
Thousands of Jewish teens from across the United States descended on Atlanta last weekend for another edition of the Maccabi Games.
Next weekend, thousands more...
Gulak Brothers Take Center Stage in Pro Wrestling World
Rory Gulak had no desire to step inside a wooden coffin filled with barbed wire that was set aflame, but when he was a...
Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Reopens in New Space
It’s been a little more than a year since it was made public that the Gershman Y would be vacating its home of more...
Area Native Jake Rosenberg Plays for the Israeli National Baseball Team
The first time Jake Rosenberg realized how much work he was about to do was during his first week in Israel, back in August....