This week, the focus in the WNBA was the All Star Break in Las Vegas. The weekend started off with Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Gray won the Skills Challenge for Team Aces, with Sabrina Ionescu winning the 3-Point Contest with a record-breaking 31-point performance in the...
Here is the Sports Rabbi’s weekly update from the Holy Land’s persons of interest currently playing in the WNBA (in alphabetical order) – whether they’re signed on to play in the Israeli Women's Premier Basketball League (the Athena Winner League) next season or...
On Wednesday, the draw for the 2023-24 Basketball Champions League (BCL) – the eighth year of the competition – was held at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland. The tournament will feature three Israeli teams, with Hapoel Jerusalem (last...
Here is the Sports Rabbi’s weekly update from the Holy Land’s persons of interest currently playing in the WNBA (in alphabetical order) – whether they’re signed on to play in the Israeli Women's Premier Basketball League (the Athena Winner League) next season or...
Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, owned by the Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) and known to cricketing fans simply as Lord’s, is widely referred to by cricket fans across the world as the Home of Cricket. (Cricket, for those who aren’t familiar with the sport, is, in...
Israel fell to the Czech Republic 61-52 on Gameday 3 of the 2023 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket on Sunday evening, ending its campaign winless. https://youtu.be/Pp_JTbwVuJw Israel had everything to play for in the game, needed to win by at least 12 points to advance to...
Israel will look to keep its hopes of advancing past the Group Stage of the 2023 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket on Sunday when it plays its final group game against the Czech Republic on Sunday. Although on paper the Czech team (ranked 23rd in the world) is not as daunting...
Israel went down to Italy 88-68 on day 2 of the 2023 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket on Friday afternoon. With this result, Israel will need to defeat the Czech Republic by at least 12 points on Sunday to reach Monday’s the play-in to Slovenia. https://youtu.be/veQbeC1-KEA...
Israel has suffered a blowout loss against Belgium to start its EuroBasket campaign on Thursday night at Tel Aviv’s Shlomo Group Arena – Drive In, with the Cats winning 108-59 in a one-sided Group B affair in which they led for the whole game....
As the final arrangements are being made for the tip-off of the 2023 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket on Thursday, the Israeli National Team prepares for its first game of the tournament against Belgium at the Drive In - Shlomo Group Arena in Tel Aviv (18:15 IDT, 11:15 EDT)....
