Tag: Basketball
Brooklyn Nets warm up in shirts featuring ADL logo ‘No Place for Hate’
Prior to playing the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., the home team Brooklyn Nets warmed up in shirts that read “No Place for Hate,” featuring the Anti-Defamation League’s...
Israel’s under-20 basketball team takes home European title for second year in a row
The Israel under-20 men’s basketball team defeated Spain 92-84 to win its second consecutive European championship.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu congratulated the team and told them, “You have done something incredible and have brought great...
Former NBA player Mike Sweetney: Life on the rebound
Mike Sweetney had it all.
Named the best high school basketball player in the Washington, D.C., area in 2000, he then joined the list of star centers for Georgetown University. At Georgetown, he averaged 18.2...
Toronto Raptors Jewish co-owner: Team will visit Israel if it wins NBA championship
The Toronto Raptors are one game away from winning its first NBA championship on Thursday, in addition to gaining a complimentary trip to the ultimate Promised Land.
The team’s Jewish billionaire co-owner, Larry Tanenbaum, told...
Basketball player Amar’e Stoudemire receives Israeli citizenship
Israel’s average national height rose ever so slightly on Wednesday when former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire officially received Israeli citizenship in a ceremony at the Interior Ministry.
The 6-foot-10-inch American-born basketball star’s identity card was...
Leaf makes history as first Israeli in NBA playoffs
Israeli-American T.J. Leaf became the first Israeli to play in the NBA playoffs on Sunday, when the Indiana Pacers put him on the court for the last three minutes of play in a winning...