Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl Ring Sells for $1.025 Million
By Marcy Oster /Â JTA
One of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl rings sold for $1.025 million in an online fundraiser to help...
‘Last Dance’ Producer Mike Tollin Started Career Locally
Ask Mike Tollin a question, and he’s liable to answer with a story or two.
Have you heard the one about the time that Jimmy...
Patriots Owner Auctioning Super Bowl Ring for Coronavirus Charity
By Marcy Oster / JTA
You can have one of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl rings while helping those in need facing...
Phillies Pitcher Sam Nahem Helped Integrate Baseball
Sam Nahem was not your typical major league baseball player.
Born in 1915 to Syrian Jewish immigrants, he grew up speaking Arabic on the Lower...
76ers Partner Michael Rubin To Produce Masks For Epidemic Responders
By Ron Kampeas /Â JTA
Michael Rubin, a partner in the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and the owner of Fanatics sportswear, plans to make a million masks...
Two NFL Players Train with the Israeli Army
By Marcy Oster / JTA
Two NFL players shunned the helmets and shoulder pads for a training session with the Israeli army while on a...
Temple Hoops Hosts Jewish Heritage Night
There is no major Philadelphia basketball institution with a richer, more continuous Jewish history than Temple University’s men’s varsity.
The NBA’s Philadelphia Warriors were, in...
Barrack/Kohelet Sports Rivalry Plays out on Court
Like its more rough-and-tumble cousin, high school football, high school basketball’s busiest night is Friday. High school gymnasiums, those under-ventilated cesspools of stale air...
New Book Compiles Sportswriter Stan Hochman’s Columns
For someone who called himself the third-best writer in his own family, Stan Hochman left a significant mark in Philadelphia.
The longtime Philadelphia Daily News...
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...