Tag: Basketball
Deni Avdija out for rest of season with ankle injury
On Wednesday night, 2,133 lucky Washington Wizards fans saw their hometown team in person at the Capitol One Arena for the first time this season and for the first time in 407 days. They...
ESPN host and basketball star Rosalyn Gold-Onwude opens up on Israel’s impact on her...
When Rosalyn Gold-Onwude was a college student at Stanford University, she participated on Birthright Israel. Several years later, she went on her second trip—this time, as a staff member on her younger sister’s Birthright...
NBA player caught using anti-Jewish slur on video-game platform
Miami Heat NBA basketball player Meyers Leonard was caught this week using an anti-Semitic slur on Twitch, a live-streaming video-game platform.
“Don’t f***ing snipe me, you f***ing kike bitch,” Leonard, 29, said while playing “Call...
On and off the court, Israel’s NBA star is making the grade
As Deni Avdija and the Washington Wizards mark the halfway point of the season and celebrate his selection to the 2020-21 NBA Rising Stars World Team roster, 21-year-old Wizards super-fan Matan Karudo could not be happier....
Israeli rookie Deni Avdija selected to NBA Rising Stars World Team squad
Washington Wizards Israeli rookie forward Deni Avdija has been selected to the 2020-21 NBA Rising Stars World Team roster, the National Basketball Association announced on Wednesday. He will be joined by his teammate Rui Hachimura of...
Remembering basketball star Marvin Hershkowitz, one of Yeshiva University’s ‘most iconic alumni’
As fans prepare for the much-anticipated return of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season, the lesser-known world of Jewish sports recently lost one of its legendary figures.
Marvin Hershkowitz, who passed away on May 4...
Meet the Jewish African American Basketball Superstar
Let's be honest, when discussing a Jewish athlete we consider them a star at any point if they were able to make it to a professional League. However, the athlete we are going to...
Kraft congratulates Yeshiva University basketball team on record-breaking season
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry sent video messages to Yeshiva University’s basketball team, the Maccabees, congratulating them on their continued success.
Standing in front of his six Lombardi...
YU president slams decision by Brooklyn College athletes to kneel during Israeli anthem
Yeshiva University president Ari Berman slammed the “disrespectful” decision by two Brooklyn College volleyball players to kneel during the playing of “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem, at a recent match hosted by the university.
“It is...
Yeshiva University men’s basketball receives first US national ranking
Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team has been ranked in the Division III Top 25 for the first time.
The Maccabees are ranked No. 24 in a listing released on Monday on the website D3hoops.com, voted...