BALTIMORE (JTA) – For Jeff Idelson, the director of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., induction weekend is all about teamwork.
(JTA) — Louis “Red” Klotz, the driving force behind the team that served as the foil for the Harlem Globetrotters, has died.Klotz, who with his Globetrotters counterpart, Abe Saperstein, formed a Jewish-run traveling basketball show that...
BALTIMORE (JTA) — In the years after coming out as gay, lacrosse player Andrew Goldstein recalls being asked on panel discussions whether major American professional sports leagues would include openly gay athletes.
BALTIMORE (JTA) – As director of professional scouting and baseball development for the Oakland Athletics, Dan Feinstein scouts amateur players, evaluates the organization’s talent, is involved in contract negotiations and arbitration cases, ponders...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — David Blatt, who guided Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague basketball championship, stepped down as the Israeli team’s coach to pursue opportunities in the NBA.
Blatt made the announcement Thursday at a news conference in Tel Aviv.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s sports minister defended her country’s travel restrictions on some Palestinian soccer players to the FIFA world soccer organization.
Limor Livnat in a letter sent Tuesday to FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Israel would allow Palestinian athletes...
ABERDEEN, Md. (JTA) – Standing on a hill on a glorious Sunday morning, Mark and Ron Shapiro are kvelling as they watch Caden Shapiro – son of Mark and grandson of Ron – pitching in a baseball...
(JTA) — David Blatt, who guided Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague basketball championship, is rumored to be in the mix for several coaching jobs in the NBA.
The Cleveland Cavaliers reportedly have contacted Blatt for their vacant head...
