‘You grab ahold of your people’: Former MLB star Ian Kinsler leads a new team in Israel
The four-time All Star and member of the 2018 World Series champion Boston Red Sox will manage Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic
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Slow fastballs, tech wizardry and the perfect name: Meet the newest Jewish major leaguer
Jake Fishman’s heater may not touch 90, but it was effective in his MLB debut
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Auburn University men’s basketball team to embark on a ‘Birthright for College Basketball’ Israel trip
Team coach Bruce Pearl is one of the more outspokenly Jewish and pro-Israel figures in sports
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He’s an 80-year-old shoe designer, philanthropist – and competitive table tennis player
Stuart Weitzman, who competed in his fourth Maccabiah Games, has donated millions to help others participate
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High-scoring hora: NBA star Embiid hoisted at Jewish wedding
Who was more scared with the All-NBA center on a chair: Philly basketball fans or Embiid himself?
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At Maccabiah Games, 300 Jewish American athletes become bar and bat mitzvah
As kids, many spent more time on sports than in Hebrew school. The "Jewish Olympics" give them a chance to go through the ceremony in Israel.
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Two Jewish players to appear in MLB All-Star game
The National League hasn't won in a decade. Joc Pederson and Max Fried will try to change that
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When almost nobody else would, Hank Greenberg backed a Black player fighting for free agency
Fifty years ago, the Jewish Hall of Famer testified on behalf of Curt Flood, whose stand against MLB’s reserve clause made him a key figure in athletic activism
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At World Baseball Classic, Israel will need all the Jewish muscle it can muster
They're in a 'pool of death' with some Latin American powerhouses
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Chuppah dreams: NBA star Kevin Love married in Jewish ceremony
The NBA star signed a ketubah and the bridal gown was by Jewish designer
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Lennie Rosenbluth, forefather to North Carolina hoops legends, dead at 89
He went toe-to-toe with Wilt Chamberlain and came away with the Tar Heels' first national championship
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