Australian Open update: No more Jews

The mixed doubles team of Andy Ram (ISR) and Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) lost in the second round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA and Horia Tecau ROU, 6-4, 7-6. Also eliminated in the second round of mixed doubles play: Scott Lipsky (USA) and Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE), defeated by Liezel Huber (USA) and Colin Fleming (GBR).6-3, 6-2. Lipsky [...]

Like it’s not hot enough in NJ

Road trip. Heading down to the Ft. Lauderdale area to visit the Maccabi Haifa Heat tryouts. It brings to mind that airline commercial in which the very tall but athletically challenged hoopster and his agent travel from country to country in hopes of finding a team. Sad, but true. And no, I will not be [...]

New installment of Inside Israeli Basketball airs

In the fifth episode of Inside Israeli Basketball, Maccabi Haifa forward Richard Roby, the all-time leading scorer at the University of Colorado and the half-brother to the NBA’s Denver Nuggets power-forward Kenyon Martin, takes a trip to the Haifa Zoo. Inside Israeli Basketball focuses on the Maccabi Haifa basketball team, which is currently 11-5 and [...]

New installment of Inside Israeli Basketball set to air

The third episode of Inside Israeli Basketball, the half-hour sports magazine about the Maccabi Haifa Heat, airs Thursday, Jan. 14, at 4 p.m.  on Comcast Versus; Sunday, Jan. 17 at noon (re-airs at 10 p.m.) on the YES network; Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. on SUN sports; and Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7:30 p.m. [...]

Second episode of Inside Israeli Basketball airs

Second episode of Inside Israeli Basketball airs this month.

Israeli basketball TV magazine show debuts this month

Israeli hoops show makes TV debut

Hoops, hoops, hurray

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

The Heat is off, or “What’s in a name?”

Identity crisis for the Maccabi Haifa basketball club?

Heat keep getting hotter

Maccabi Haifa Heat earn epic Final Four win in OT over Hapoel Jerusalem The Maccabi Haifa Heat won a historic semi-final game against the second seed Hapoel Jerusalem, 98-93, in overtime on Tuesday at Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv to advance to the Finals.  The Haifa Heat led for the first three quarters with strong [...]

Congrats to the Haifa Heat

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 [...]