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News Ian Kinsler switches from Team Israel star player to coach for 2023 World Baseball Classic
The former MLB All-Star will try to help the team rebound from a disappointing Olympics in Tokyo
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Sports The day Sandy Koufax became one of the greatest pitchers of all time
For 6 seasons, the Jewish pitcher struggled. On June 30, 1962, his eminence revealed itself.
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Sports Yeshiva’s Ryan Turell weighing ‘options’ after injury dims draft hopes
His father said he is weighing offers from Israeli professional teams and the G League, the NBA’s developmental league
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News 3 Jewish fathers and their pro athlete sons talk sports and Judaism
'He was there, showing up,' former NFL player Ali Marpet said of his father
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Fast Forward NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom brings Holocaust education to Muslim school in Brooklyn
Raised in Turkey, the center says he has paid a price for his activism on genocide and human rights.
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Fast Forward Jewish basketball legend Sue Bird will retire after this season
The four-time WNBA champion said she’ll wrap up her remarkable career at the conclusion of the 2022 season.
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Sports ‘Ironic’: Koufax statue to be unveiled on Shabbat
'Obviously they don’t have a yiddishe kopf running the operation,' one fan said.
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Fast Forward Stephen Curry wore a Hebrew sweatshirt at the NBA Finals
The Golden State Warriors star has long had a fascination with the language and has two Hebrew tattoos.
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