The stakes increased significantly with each consecutive game of the tournament, but Yaniv Bazini’s halftime routine remained exactly the same. The clapping of a restless crowd gradually subsided as two zeros held their place on the scoreboard of a first half battle...
It’s a ten minute drive from California Baptist University to the Chabad Jewish Community Center of Riverside, the town that surrounds the school’s campus in California. Sam Silverstein is very familiar with this route, as one of the only Jewish students attending Cal...
“Embrace all of you” Jake Retzlaff’s four-word motto has constantly guided him throughout his life, yet it recently became even more significant in his college athletic pursuits. In 2023, Retzlaff became the first Jewish quarterback to start for Brigham Young...
Shane Cohen’s initial acquaintance with the last 110 meters of Hayward Field’s track occurred in the most captivating of ways. The University of Virginia’s (UVA) new middle distance runner entered the 800 meter finals of the 2023 NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon...
“Embrace all of you.” Jake Retzlaff’s four-word motto has constantly guided him throughout his life, yet it recently became even more significant in his college athletic pursuits. Last November, Retzlaff became the first Jewish quarterback to start for Brigham Young...
Exiting the gym after the game concluded with her head held high, Emmi Rinat was beaming with joy. She had just helped lead Israel’s U20 national basketball team to their best finish ever in the European Championships, with a commanding seventh place victory, and she...
There is a very short list of Jewish women basketball players who have ever stepped onto a WNBA court. Part of that list is an even smaller group of players who have ever been selected in the first round of the WNBA draft. First, there was the legendary Sue Bird, and...
Continuing to impress in each of their standout 2022-23 seasons, sisters Lior and Yarden Garzon have already made their mark on the women’s college basketball scene. Headlining highlight reels while gaining national attention, both sisters have been turning heads as...
On the plane back from Israel for the second time in his life, Auburn men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl had already made up his mind. He was going to return this August, with a new group of people who he wanted to share his experiences with: his entire Auburn...
Putting the ball in the back of the net for the first time wearing “Michigan” across his chest was a dream come true for Uriel Zeitz, but it was made more special by the support of his family. In a brisk October night game against the University of Rutgers, Zeitz...
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