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Arnold Rothstein did fix the World Series and other Jewish facts from a historian of baseball and New York

Kevin Baker, author of ‘The New York Game,’ talks America’s pastime

By PJ Grisar Oct 21, 2024 | 7 min read
Sports
The Jewish NBA players to watch as the 2024-2025 season tips off

Deni Avdija, the league’s only Israeli player, is entering his first season with the Portland Trail Blazers

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 18, 2024 | 3 min read
Fast Forward
Israeli Deni Avdija sits out Yom Kippur NBA game; Jewish BYU quarterback suits up

'I feel that the best way to start the season is by honoring Jewish tradition,' Avdija said before the game

By Philissa Cramer Oct 14, 2024 | 3 min read
Sports
Sandy Koufax famously didn’t pitch on Yom Kippur in 1965. But did he go to synagogue?

We spoke to a man who swears he sat behind the legendary pitcher at Temple of Aaron in Minnesota

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 11, 2024 | 6 min read
Sports
5 Jewish things about the Mets — and why Jewish fans adore them

The connection to the Brooklyn Dodgers, loving the underdog and bein’ amazin’

By Beth Harpaz Oct 9, 2024 | 4 min read
Fast Forward
All the Jewish NHL players to watch in the 2024-2025 season

The NHL season begins with 13 Jewish players on opening day rosters

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 8, 2024 | 8 min read
Culture
He founded the Harlem Globetrotters and is the shortest man in the basketball hall of fame. A new book tells his story.

Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant from England, helped shaped basketball as we know it today

By Jacob Gurvis Oct 6, 2024 | 5 min read
Sports
The Jewish Sport Report: How the Chicago White Sox made a bad year even worse for Jewish fans

Plus the latest news on NFL veteran Greg Joseph (and it's good)

By Jacob Gurvis Sep 27, 2024 | 5 min read

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