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Fast Forward Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes’ overtime goal propels US to historic gold medal in Olympic hockey
Jack Hughes’ brother Quinn played during United States’ first hockey gold since the 1980 'Miracle on Ice' squad
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News This Jewish Olympian prays with her mom before every race
Kamryn Lute, a Manhattan native competing for Team USA in Milan, grounds herself in faith before speed skating at 35 miles an hour
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Fast Forward Harrison Bader, Dean Kremer headline as Team Israel announces its World Baseball Classic lineup
A new entrant for Israel is a ballplayer whose father-in-law once ran Teva Pharmaceuticals
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Fast Forward 15 Jewish and Israeli athletes to watch in the 2026 Winter Olympics, from the ice rink to the alpine slopes
Israel’s bobsled team is making its Olympic debut in Milan
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Fast Forward Alex Bregman, who drew a Jewish star on his cap after Oct. 7, inks $175M deal with the Cubs
It’s the second-biggest contract for a Jewish baseball player
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Sports First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?
The Rams' Puka Nacua and the Dodgers' Mookie Betts both found themselves in hot water after spending time with Adin Ross
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Fast Forward Jews ‘own everything,’ sports commentators Shannon Sharpe and Chad Ochocinco claim
The former NFL players disparaged Jews on their podcast, while the Jewish streamer they addressed laughed it off
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Fast Forward Alon Leichman becomes first Israeli head pitching coach in the MLB
Leichman, who was raised on Kibbutz Gezer, will coach for the Colorado Rockies
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Fast Forward Israeli man indicted in attack on Catholic nun in Jerusalem’s Old City
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Fast Forward Jewish real estate magnate Steven Roth likens Mamdani’s ‘tax the rich’ rhetoric to ‘from the river to the sea’