Justin time

Local NJ tennis celeb Justin Gimelstob made the Times’ a few times lately in regard to the NYC Marathon. Andy Roddick bet him $10K to a charity of choice that Gimelstob would not be able to finish the race in under 4:45. Lon story short, he did, with the help of Laura Skladzinski, a veteran [...]

More on Israeli sports vs. international politics

Harvey Araton, who recently wrote about the decision by UAE officials to ban Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer from participation in the Barclays tournament in Dubai, contributed this column on former Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball star Anthony Parker and his take on the difficulties of participating in sports in the Middle East. I had the [...]