Hoops, hoops, hurray

Posted by Ron Kaplan on October 21, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Israeli basketball season gets under way. Omri Casspi gets under way soon, too.

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Congrats to the Haifa Heat

Posted by Ron Kaplan on May 12, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

The Maccabi Haifa Heat — owned by NJ’s own Jeffrey Rosen — defeated Bnei Hasharon, 87-68, on May 10 to close out the Israeli Premier League quarterfinal series 3-1. The victory earned the Heat its first trip to the Final Four in the club’s history in its first year back in the Premier League after [...]

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A few minutes with Jeff Rosen

Posted by Ron Kaplan on February 26, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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 [...]

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If at first you don’t succeed

Posted by Ron Kaplan on February 3, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

They’re baaa-acck. Or at least trying to get there. After an inaugural season fraught with problems, a group of concerned citizens is trying to revive professional baseball in the Holy Land. Where the Israel Baseball League failed after one season in 2007, the Israel Association of Baseball believes a new group, headed by Marvin Goldklang, [...]

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