The excitement was almost enough to kill Israel’s 90-year-old president. Right after Tel Aviv’s top basketball team won Europe’s championship crown in Milan in a nail-biting 96–86 victory that went into overtime, President Shimon Peres told the team’s coach by phone, “I watched the whole game and nearly had a heart attack.” “You are heroes…
National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver said on Tuesday he would prefer to let Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling sell his team “on a reasonable timetable” rather than proceed with trying to forcibly terminate his ownership. The comments from Silver, signaling a willingness to strike a deal to avoid a showdown in his efforts…
Nearly 20,000 anti-Semitic tweets in Spanish followed Maccabi Tel Aviv’s victory over Real Madrid in the Euroleague basketball championships, Catalonian Jewish organizations said. The groups claim to have found 17,500 anti-Semitic tweets, many with the derogatory hashtag #putosjudios, and said they plan to jointly file a complaint alleging hate crimes and discrimination to State Attorney…
Maccabi Tel Aviv upset favored Real Madrid to win the Euroleague basketball championship. Maccabi defeated the Spanish squad, 98-86, in overtime on Sunday night in Milan in the title game. Tyrese Rice led the Israeli club with 26 points, including 14 in overtime. The game was tied at 73 following regulation. A huge contingent of…
Magic Johnson said Donald Sterling’s diminishment of African American charity work would not harm relations between the Jewish and black communities. “One thing great about the African American and Jewish communities is that they have worked well together over years, and we will continue to work with the Jewish community,” the legendary Los Angeles Lakers…
As a high school sophomore, Michael Jordan was relegated to his junior varsity basketball team. In an entirely unrelated event, Idan Ravin did not make his 7th grade squad. Of course, the team Jordan didn’t make was one of the top high school teams in the country, while Ravin’s failure took place at a Jewish…
(Reuters) — Basketball great Earvin “Magic” Johnson shrugged off the latest character assault leveled at him by Donald Sterling, calling the Los Angeles Clippers owner “delusional” and suggesting Sterling acted out of desperation to keep the NBA from seizing his team. “He’s reaching. He’s trying to find something that he can grab on to help…
Los Angeles Clippers Owner Donald Sterling, who was banned for life from the NBA over racist comments, has apologized and asked for forgiveness in his first public statement since the controversy began last month, CNN said on Sunday. In an interview to be broadcast on Monday, Sterling told CNN he made a terrible mistake but…
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