Basketball
YU’s historic winning streak broken in crushing defeat on home court
The game was Yeshiva’s first test against real competition this year. It failed.
Yeshiva University has the longest active win streak in college basketball. Will it end Thursday night?
The showdown with Illinois Wesleyan will either fortify Yeshiva’s status as the best team in college hoops — or topple it from its perch.
From a Budapest attic to the New York Knicks: A Holocaust survivor’s family journey
A son of survivors rose from the ashes of Holocaust to the top of the NBA. A new book tells his family’s story.
The secret Jewish history of…Devin Booker?
An NBA star, a viral video and a rivalry between two Orthodox high schools.
Jon Scheyer, a Jewish star player at Duke who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, will replace legendary Mike Krzyzewski as Duke coach
The 6-5 guard, known for his passing and scoring, along with his basketball intellect, played sparingly in his one season for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Josh Pastner sets Jewish sports milestone at Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech’s Josh Pastner became the first Jewish head coach to lead a college basketball team to win an Atlantic Coast Conference championship, topping a division that includes titans Duke and North Carolina and becoming another example of the renaissance for Jews in American sports.
Deni diary 1/8: The man of a million questions (turns 20)
What’s strange about Deni’s loss of playing time is that in the games leading up to that dud, he didn’t seem to be playing any worse.
The Deni Diary: A star is born
It’s only been two games, preseason games at that, but Deni doesn’t just look promising. He looks good.
Deni Avdija, ‘the greatest talent in Israeli basketball history’ joins the NBA
Israeli basketball player Deni Avdija to join NBA
Meet Mark Shepard, the Jewish college student who talked Stephen Jackson off the ledge of anti-Semitism
Mark Shepard went toe to toe with Stephen Jackson on anti-Semitism