NBA: Trail Blazers lose at the buzzer despite Deni Avdija triple double
JNS Staff
(Nov. 20, 2025 / JNS)
Deni Avdija, the Israeli basketball power forward, recorded his third NBA career triple double in the Portland Trail Blazers’ narrow loss 122-121 to Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
Avdija registered...
Israel to host Davis Cup games for first time since Oct. 7
Israel’s national tennis team will host a Davis Cup playoff in February for the first time since Oct. 7, 2023, Israel’s Tennis Association announced on Sunday.
The games, against Lithuania, are scheduled to take place...
Miami Dolphins QB wants to play in Jerusalem
Quarterback for the Miami Dolphins Tua Tagovailoa told reporters on Sunday he would like to play an NFL International Series game in Jerusalem.
The football player was asked after the Dolphins’ 16-13 win over the...
Ex-hostage twins attend first Maccabi Tel Aviv game since release
Gal and Ziv Berman, who endured 772 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, arrived on Sunday night at Bloomfield Stadium for a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. and Beitar Jerusalem F.C., the...
NBA: Deni Avdija rallies Portland to 121-119 win over Oklahoma City
Israeli basketball player Deni Avdija led the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night to a tight win over Oklahoma City Thunder, handing the defending NBA champions their first loss of the season.
Avdija rallied Portland...
Yoel Levy to run NYC marathon in Batman costume for Bibas family, Holocaust survivors
Marathoner Yoel Levy, known as “the Jewish fitness coach” on social media, who is based in Manchester, England, plans to lace up his running sneakers and don his Batman costume once again for the New...
LA, Toronto Conservative rabbis make friendly wager on World Series
Just as governors and mayors make friendly wagers over sports championships, the Conservative rabbis Erez Sherman and Jarrod Grover, of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles and Beth Tikvah Synagogue in Toronto, respectively, told JNS...
Sandy Koufax jersey up for auction at $1 million estimate
A signed, game-worn Sandy Koufax jersey is up for auction with an estimated value of more than $1 million.
The listing at the Dallas-based Heritage Auctions notes that the No. 32 Los Angeles Dodgers jersey from 1966,...
Chess world stunned by death of Jewish prodigy Daniel Naroditsky
Daniel Naroditsky, a grandmaster who rose from child prodigy status to become among America’s most significant figures in competitive chess, died Monday at 29, the Associated Press reported.
The Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina, where Naroditsky...
Sylvan Adams steps away from cycling team amid anti-Israel protests
Israel–Premier Tech (IPT) owner Sylvan Adams announced on Monday that he will step aside as the team undergoes a rebranding and identity overhaul following protests by pro-Hamas demonstrators in Europe.
In the two years since...