Maccabi Tel Aviv played its first home game in Belgrade’s iconic Aleksandar Nikolic Hall on Thursday night, defeating Bayern Munich 93-90. Bonzie Colson (19 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals), Lorenzo Brown (13 points, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block), Wade...
After the scheduled October 16 start to the Women’s Athena Winner League season was disrupted by Swords of Iron, the war which began with Hamas’s inhumane attack which consisted of massacres, abductions and rockets fired at Israel, the season is now set to start on...
This week on Shabbat, Jews around the world will read the Torah portion Lech Lecha, which translates to “Go for yourself”. The name is taken from the first sentence of the portion, in which Hashem says to Abram (the Avraham, the Patriarch of Judaism, as well as of...
With Israel’s current war against Hamas, sport has taken a backseat. As The Sports Rabbi himself wrote last week, “Sport seems so, so far off from what really needs to be important right now in Israel.” While we are grieving the atrocities which took place on October...
Last night, Maccabi Tel Aviv opened its EuroLeague season with a resounding 96-81 victory over Partizan Belgrade in front of 10,500 fans at Yad Eliyahu. Lorenzo Brown (22 points, 1 rebound, 8 assists and 2 steals), Josh Nebo (14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1...
Months of waiting are over for European basketball fans – the new season is finally upon us! Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are set to flock to Yad Eliyahu on Thursday night (21:05 IDT / 14:05 EDT) to see their team open the season against 5the visiting Partizan Belgrade....
The Athena Winner Tournament, the Israeli women's basketball preseason tournament prior to the main Athena Winner League season, continued on Thursday night with four the quarterfinals played, including two blowouts. Hapoel Rishon Letzion reach triple figures in...
The Athena Winner Tournament, the Israeli women's basketball preseason tournament prior to the main Athena Winner League season, got underway on Monday night with AS Ramat Hasharon defeated Elitzur Holon 66-49 in a low-scoring affair at Holon's Ariel Sharon Arena,...
The Athena Winner Tournament, the Israeli women's basketball preseason tournament prior to the main Athena Winner League season, begins on Monday October 2 with two qualifying games. Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan hosts Hapoel Lev Jerusalem at Ramat Gan's Zisman Arena...
We present you with the Sports Rabbi’s update from the Holy Land’s persons of interest currently playing in the WNBA – whether they’re signed on to play in the Israeli Women’s Premier Basketball League (the Athena Winner League) this upcoming season or whether they’re...
