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Sam Fuld joins Mets
Sam Fuld, honorary Met
Butter up the popcorn
Holy Land Hardball, a documentary about the Israel Baseball League, will be one of the entries at the fourth annual Baseball Film Festival in Cooperstown, NY.
Speaking of tennis…
ADL recognies Venus Williams for her support of Israeli tennis star.
Getting out the vote for Kinsler
You can help make history.
Ryan Braun (Brewers) was voted to a starting spot on the National League team for the 2009 All Star Game, which takes place Tuesday, July 14 in St. Louis. Kevin Youkilis (Red Sox) and Jason Marquis (Rockies) have been named as reserves. Boston’s Dustin Pedroia beat out Ian Kinsler (Rangers) for [...]
All-Star update
With four days left, Ian Kinsler is the leading vote-getter among AL second basemen, Ryan Braun is second among NL outfielders, while Kevin Youkilis is in a battle with NY Yankees Mark Teixeira for the first base nod. Last year, the tro all appeared in the contest, with Youkilis and Braun as starters.
To cast your [...]
Yasher koach, y’all
Hats off to Perry Schwartzberg and Marc Auerbach, who will be inducted into the Ronnie Arrow Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2009 on June 14, at the Jewish Community Center in Houston.
Schwartzberg “has achieved championships in table tennis, beginning as a preteen at 12 when he held the Texas State Junior Singles Championship,” [...]
And a yasher koach to the ‘Semitic Seven’
The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame held its 2009 induction ceremony yesterday. Among the honorees (though not necessarily in attendance) were ESPN’s Linda Cohn; NFL trainer Ed Block; former New England Patriot Andre Tippett; writer Dick Schaap (posthumously); Olympic weightlifter Gary Gubner’ Olympic swimmer Dara Torres; and Marvin Miller, the trailblazing former executive director [...]
Another honor for Montclair soccer star
Yael Averbuch, a senior soccer player at the University of North Carolina, has been chosen as the 2009 Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish Female Scholastic Athlete of the Year by the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Averbuch, who led the Tar Heels to the 2008 NCAA championship, will be playing professional soccer for the Sky Blue [...]
Barney Dreyfuss: A Hall of a guy
Last month, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the election of Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice, who will be inducted in August.
Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg are the only Jewish players in the Hall, but not the only Jews. They were joined by the late Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the early [...]
Two men, two votes
I asked our friends, veterans sportswriters Maury Allen and Ira Berkow, if they would share their votes for the recent Baseball Hall of Fame elections.
Allen cast his ballot for Rickey Henderson (who was elected in his first year of eligibility), Tommy John (the final year for him), Jack Morris, Andre Dawson, Bert Blyleven, and Tim [...]
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