Arrivederci, Roma
From the JTA: Israel, Rome tussle over soccer player ROME (JTA) — Controversy has erupted over the acquisition of an 18-year-old Israeli player by Rome’s Lazio soccer team. Eyal Golasa’s signing with Lazio was announced Sunday, but his Israeli team, Maccabi Haifa, says it still has him under contract until next year and has brought [...]
I get no kick from…
A treatise on Israeli soccer from the Financial Times of London.
Playing catch-up
Three-day weekends are great, but they can put a crimp the the blogging-lifestyle. So let’s see what we missed recently: The New York Times ran a “30-second” interview with Ben Wildman-Tobriner, member of the Olympic gold medal swim team in the 400m freestyle relay and recent visitor to Israel on a Taglit-Birthright trip. Eastsideboxing.com offers [...]


