Sports
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.
Miami’s Hebraica Maccabi Games celebrate Jewish—and Latin American—culture
Call it a field of Latin American Jewish dreams.
Greg Joseph, the NFL’s only Jewish kicker, talks game-winning field goals — and his love for the Jewish community
For Joseph, who grew up going to Jewish day schools, he has found his footing as a member of the Minnesota Vikings.
She lost her legs when a train ran over her. At 54, she’s competing at her fourth Paralympics.
Pascale Bercovitch converted to Judaism and served in the Israeli military. Could a gold medal in kayaking be next?
A guide to kosher food (and vegan options) at every Major League Baseball stadium
Getting back in person for America’s pastime this summer? Here are your kosher options.
Twists and turns: How a Jewish gymnastic prodigy became an Olympic diver
Brandon Loschiavo vowed to make the Olympics when he was four. He takes his first 10-meter dive late Thursday night.
As Team Israel takes the field vs. U.S., a random history of the countries’ other rivalries
At 6 a.m. tomorrow, Team Israel will take on the United States in its second game of Olympics baseball. (Israel dropped its first game, 6-5, to South Korea in extra innings.) As you may have read before, Israel’s baseball team is largely made up of American-born players — who had to acquire Israeli citizenship to be Olympics-eligible. With baseball still a fledgling sport in the Middle East, it’s quite possible that most of the team’s fans live in the United States, too.
These 3 hockey-playing Jewish brothers just made NHL history
Luke Hughes has become the third brother in his hockey-playing Jewish family to be drafted in the first round of the NHL Draft.
His day job is booking acts like John Mulaney and Sinead O’Connor. He’s also on Israel’s Olympic baseball team.
Shlomo Lipetz has been known as a pioneer in Israeli baseball since his teenage years in Tel Aviv.