Although he fasted for 24 hours in observance of Yom Kippur, a member of the Queens Park Rangers hopped off the bench and into the soccer game as soon as the holy day ended, the Jewish Chronicle reported Thursday. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and one of the holiest days in Judaism, ended after…
(JTA) — New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman reportedly is facing a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs, but he is appealing. League sources told ESPN of the suspension on Thursday, the sports network reported. One league source said Edelman was appealing, as he has never tested positive despite taking…
(JTA) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown owns an enormous mansion in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Inside, along with the dozen bedrooms and private movie theater, sits an in-home synagogue. Brown isn’t Jewish, but he showed off the house (more accurately, one of his multiple houses) and impressive sneaker collection in an interview with Complex…
There’s a famous Jewish folktale that goes like this: long ago, the prophet Elijah met an elderly couple who were so righteous that they were deserving of great reward. “Wish for one thing and I will fulfill it,” said the prophet. The couple was very old, very poor, childless and almost blind — they lacked…
Quarterback Josh Rosen was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals with the 10th pick in the National Football League draft. The UCLA star, dubbed the “Chosen Rosen” was once expected to be one of the top 5 picks, but slid in recent weeks. He was the fourth quarterback selected. “I’m more motivated than I’ve ever been,”…
An audio tape of a confidential meeting last October reveals that NFL owners — including two prominent Jews — were highly concerned about President Donald Trump’s comments that were critical of players kneeling during the national anthem. The New York Times reports that it obtained the audio recording of the three-hour session in which owners,…
(JTA) — Josh Rosen, the UCLA quarterback who was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals with the 10th pick in the NFL draft, told the league’s online magazine that a lot of the trash talk directed at him on the field is anti-Semitic. “I get a lot of Jewish things,” he told NFL.com reporter Michael Silver. “My…
Ever since I first embraced the mad romance of sports’ fandom as a boy, a romance that I have never outgrown, I just assumed that the reason there weren’t more Jewish professional athletes is that Jews weren’t very good at sports. A genetic thing. Sure, there was an occasional Hank Greenberg or Al Rosen or…
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