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Fast Forward Deni Avdija wrote “Am Yisrael Chai” on his shoes. Then he played one of his best games of the year.
Avdija's all-around performance showcased the player the Wizards hope he can become more consistently
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News The greatest show in Division III? It’s a student-run sports broadcast
How MacsLive put Yeshiva men’s basketball on the map
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Sports YU’s Turell dishes on Macs career, Sarachek, and preparing for the NBA draft
'It feels like just yesterday when I was playing in the tournament myself'
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Fast Forward With Bruce Pearl and Lior Berman, Auburn basketball heads into March Madness with rare Jewish coach-player combo
(JTA) — There aren’t many Jewish players in Division I men’s college basketball, and even fewer get to play for Jewish coaches. But that’s the case at Auburn University, the Alabama school that went 27-5 this year and held the No. 1 ranking in the country for a time. They head into March Madness as…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva’s Ryan Turell declares for the draft, could become first Sabbath-observant Jew in the NBA
After a season leading the nation in scoring and his Yeshiva University team into the record books, Ryan Turell declared for the NBA Draft Tuesday, formalizing his intent to become the first Orthodox Jewish player in the history of the league and one of the few Division III stars to make the leap. Turell, a…
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Fast Forward A new kind of gap year: Israel allows a team of young Argentine Jews to play in its pro soccer league
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Argentina is home to one of the most high-level amateur Jewish sports leagues in the world. Normally the young Argentine athletes who play in it, representing various Jewish community centers from different cities, are rivals on the field. But this season, 18 of them came together to play on one team…
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News Yeshiva basketball eliminated from NCAA tourney after thrilling comeback falls short
Down two points and with 15 seconds left, the Maccabees had the ball in the hands of its best player, the nation’s leading scorer, who had led a furious comeback in the game’s last two minutes. With hundreds of Yeshiva University faithful in attendance and thousands more watching on a livestream, Ryan Turell dribbled upcourt,…
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Fast Forward Jewish soccer player bound for Israel reportedly among dead in Kyiv shelling
A Ukrainian Jewish soccer player who planned to take his talents to Israel
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