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Danny Wolf is shown here during the men’s Big Ten tournament on Mar. 16 in Indianapolis. (Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images, via JTA)
Among the great Jewish hopefuls is Israeli-American Danny Wolf of the University of Michigan Wolverines.
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(Left to right) Coaches Bruce Pearl of Auburn, Jon Scheyer of Duke , Lindsay Gottlieb of USC and Todd Golden of Florida. (Getty Images; Scheyer image courtesy of Rabbi Nossen Fellig via JTA)
The men’s basketball teams at Duke, Auburn and Florida all have Jewish coaches, as does USC’s women’s team.
Read MoreThe induction of veteran sports broadcaster Tom Davis into the Orioles Hall of Fame is reason to celebrate, writes Michael Olesker.
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Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie (left) and the Kansas City Chiefs' Anthony Firkser (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty and Cooper Neill/Getty via JTA)
This year’s game between the Eagles and Chiefs was an exhibition of the new Trump era’s haves and have-nots, writes Michael Olesker.
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At left, the book cover of Mark and Matthew Jacob’s Abe Saperstein biography (Courtesy). At right, Abe Saperstein, far left, in the earliest known team photo of the Globetrotters, from the 1930–1931 season. (Berkley Family Collection via JTA)
A new biography tells the story of the Harlem Globetrotters’ Jewish founder and his role in shaping basketball.
Read MoreWhen will the bigtime spending insanity to sign athletes in professional sports ever end, wonders Michael Olesker.
Read MorePhil Jackman came up when baseball was meant to be fun and not just arithmetic and algorithms, writes Michael Olesker.
Read MoreThink the White Sox are pretty bad, asks Michael Olesker. How ’bout dem O’s of 1988?
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The Baltimore JCC Maccabi 15-16 boys basketball team are shown at the 36th annual JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest in 2017 in Orange County, California. (File photo)
The Baltimore-based platform will provide updated scores, schedules and highlights from the world’s largest Jewish youth sporting event.
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(Clockwise from left) Nick Itkin, Artem Dolgopyat, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Amit Elor, Sagi Muki, Jemima Montag, Claire Weinstein and Daniel Peretz. (Images via Getty; Design by Grace Yagel via JTA)
Read on for a (nearly exhaustive) list of Jewish and Israeli athletes to watch as Paris 2024 approaches.
Read MoreA Pikesville resident, Sophie, 16, says a love for basketball is a family affair.
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