A few minutes with Jeff Rosen

Some 10,000 basketball fans crowded into Tel Aviv’s Yad Eliyahu Arena on Feb. 18 to witness the battle between Maccabi Haifa Heat and Hapoel Holon, two Cinderella teams who came out of years of dormancy to compete for the Premier League title. The Heat, which is owned by former New Jersey resident Jeffrey Rosen, made [...]

Haifa Heat on your computer

Follow the Maccabi Haifa Heat, are currently in third place at 9-4,  as they take on Hapoel Jerusalem today at 12:15 on www.triangleinternet.tv.

Maccabi Haifa Heat game televised tonight

Have a hankering for some Hebrew hoops? Catch the Maccabi Haifa Heat on-line as they take on Ashkelon tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Heat are currently 6-2 and tied for second place in the Israeli Premier League.

Real life intrudes on the sports world, continued

Bnei Hasharon, an Israel basketball team, got a rude greeting when it took the floor against  Telekom Ankara in Turkey last night. On her blog ,An Unsealed Room, former Jerusalem Post reporter Allison Kaplan Sommer wondered, The Israeli basketball team, mind you, included a lot of African-American imported players from the U.S. I can’t imagine [...]

Tamir Goodman’s coming to town

Sung to the tune of that holiday classic that will not be named. “The Jewish Jordan” was signed by the Maccabi Haifa Heat Basketball Club of the Israeli Premier League earlier this year. He returns to the States as part of the “Haifa Hoops for Kids” Goodwill Tour, a series of speaking engagements and basketball [...]

Sometimes a fantasy…

(With apologies to Billy Joel.) If you prefer imported to domestic, take a look at Israeli Fantasy Hoops, a fantasy basketball website recently launched by Triangle Financial Services, owner of the Maccabi Haifa Heat Professional Basketball Club. Participants can choose from a list of players including former NBA player Carlos Arroyo (Maccabi Tel Aviv), former [...]