Sports
2006-2009 Archive
2009 Archive (through August 20)
- Writer presents an old hero to a new generation (August 20, 2009)
- Owner Rosen: The ‘Heat’ is off
- Hank Greenberg: Patriot or pragmatist?
- First Israeli in NBA could be start of something big
- Lezak strikes gold in debut at games
- New Jersey participants in Maccabiah Games
- A brief history of the Maccabiah Games
- College hoops coach takes his game to Ramat Gan
- Adam Greenberg: On the comeback trail
- Author calls baseball stance on steroids hypocritical
- UJC MetroWest offering ‘assist’ for Maccabiah-bound athletes
- Pingry athlete gets call to the Hall
- Ledger legend captures 58 years in 200 pages
- Star coach headlines Maccabi USA event — and keeps his shirt on
- Weequahic alums: The (sports) ties that bind
- Falling economy means a whole new ball game
- A gentle giant takes to the Special Olympics stage again
- Baseball no field of dreams for female athletes
- Local NFLer Friedman calls it a career
- Documentary traces Jewish basketball lore
- Ultimate goal is peace, one Frisbee toss at a time
- A few minutes with Jeffrey Rosen
- Rutgers prof is the Solomon of fantasy sports
- Seven selected for National Jewish Sports Hall
- Baseball in the Holy Land: Take two
- Bubbe, what’s a dojo?
- Jewish Hall of Fame taps new inductees
- Holy baseball! New book ranks every Jewish Major Leaguer
- Hall of Fame owner who put honor before profits
- Youkilis, Grabow, Kapler named best Jewish Major Leaguers
2008 Archive
- Descending a mountain, honoring a memory
- ‘All I want for Hanukka is…’
- ‘Jewish Jordan’ comes to West Orange
- Baseball site lets you sponsor a hero’s stats page
- Author recalls Jewish QB’s ‘passing’ fancy
- Woman of the Year (well, one of them at least)
- Author takes a look back at a forgotten hero
- Youth sports expert urges parents: ‘Let them play’
- Former Yankee Blomberg remembers glory days
- NJ photographer takes her shots at athletes
- Salita and Foreman: A renaissance for Jewish boxing?
- Plenty of highlights for Jewish Major Leaguers in ‘08
- ‘Haifa Hoops’ to bring Israeli kids to the arena
- Former Major Leaguer shares Amazin’ memories
- Berra museum director spreads the word on sportsmanship
- Jewish writers recall stadium memories
- Local field hockey star ‘spark off the bench’ for UConn
- The most unlikely slugger:
Couple creates film of Gandhi at the Bat - September yields small fall crop of Jewish Major Leaguers
- New chapter for former Times sportswriter
- Happy finish to Beijing Games
- From euphoria to tears
- One World, One Team, Three Medals
- Jeffrey Bukantz’s Olympic Diary
- NJ Sports psychologist keeps athletes in Games
- Fencing legend Daniel Bukantz dies
- Israeli rhythmic gymnastics: Born in the FSU
- The big game: Baseball, Milton, and choices
- Mets’ star looks back on IBL experience
- Sportswriting icon remembered on 10th yahrzeit
- Rookie ‘Rabbi’: Newest Giants player breaks in with a big bang
- WNBC anchor among MetroWest sports hall inductees
- Author Mark Harris remembered
- Hall of Fame plans celebration of Tiger legend greats
- Monmouth boxer fights in his father’s footsteps
- Drew U. graduate writes book on disabled players hoops
- Taking her game down south
- Field of Dreams? No, ‘Field of Life’
- Rabbi won’t pass over famed Boston race
- One Dodger legend recalls another
- Gossage gooses fans at UJC MetroWest event
- Los Angeles welcomes a Jewish Jordan
- Boxer implores young Jews, ‘Be strong, be proud’
- Verona writer offers unique look at Clemens
- Batting $400
- Author decries Jewish stereotyping in sports films
The church of baseball? 02.14.08
Heart like a wheel 02.07.08
A ‘Super’ primer 01.31.08
One ‘Super’ moment can last a lifetime 01.24.08
A new ‘life cycle’ 01.17.08
Seven named to International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 01.10.08
Youkilis, Braun crack teen magazine’s ‘Hot 10’ list of Jewish celebrities 01.10.08
Chairman of the board 01.03.08
2007 Archive
For Woman Player, There's No Crying In Football 12.20.07
The 'Jewish Jordan' heads to the pros 12.13.07
The case of the Koufax kipa 12.06.07
Seven to be added to National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 11.29.07
Jewish Fantasy Baseball 11.29.07
The hidden costs of extracurricular sports 11.01.07
Angels in the Outfield? 10.25.07
'Ma-ca-bi!, Ma-ca-bi!' - Israel's finest takes on the Knicks 10.18.07
Beyond the sports page 10.11.07
Pioneer Days 10.04.07
"Israel's Peer-less wonder: It was fun while it lasted" 09.20.07
Getting to first:
Perspectives on Israel Baseball League’s inaugural season
Hits and errors 08.30.07
West Caldwell athlete recalls playing ball, making history 08.30.07
Root, root, root for the kvutzat habayit08.30.07
A filmmaker chronicles 'Hardball in the Holy Land' 08.30.07
Life's a ball for savvy collector 08.23.07
Murray Chass: The Henry Chadwick of the Israel Baseball League? 08.09.07
Israelis court friendship through sport 08.02.07
NY Knicks-Maccabi Elite exhibition to benefit Israeli youth 07.12.07
Family memories inspire baseball artist 07.05.07
Opening day in Israel 06.28.07
Dodger photographer highlighted game off the field 06.21.07
Randolph boy goes bats for Bears 06.14.07
‘Bringing family together’ focus of JCC Sports Hall of Fame event 06.07.07
IBL taps Israeli for final manager slot
Berger named president, COO 05.31.07
‘The Voice’ was Jewish? ‘How about that!’ 05.24.07
Shooting Rangers and rabbis earns photographer Hall of Fame induction 05.17.07
NJ player finds field of dreams in Israel 05.10.07
IBL chooses up sides 05.03.07
Cricket in Israel 04.26.07
The Jews and Jackie Robinson 04.19.07
For Nets senior dancer, the magic number is 59 04.12.07
Minor league maven sees future for Israeli ball 04.05.07
Sliding home 03.22.07
Hockey shtick: Rabbis, regular Joes face off in local league 03.15.07
Home and Away
How the Gaza evacuation played out for a basketball team 03.08.07
Root, root, root
The Jewish duo behind a classic ditty 03.01.07
Henry Ford, anti-Semitism, and the national pastime 02.22.07
School and training facility is giving immigrant athletes a leg up in Israel 02.15.07
Award-winning filmmaker: Second guys finish nice 02.08.07
Ball ‘Forward’
Jewish weekly spawns acclaimed baseball books 02.01.07
Tips for tailgaters from grounded Eagles fans 01.25.07
Anatomy of a Hall of Fame ballot 1.18.07
Lucky number 18
Reporter Ira Berkow reflects on a life at the keyboard 01.11.07
Gearing up for a career as NASCAR’s rare Jew 01.04.07
2006 Archive
Big pictures, little people: the art of David Levinthal 12.28.06
From Pike to Hirsch: Jews on first (and second, and. . .) 12.21.06
Sports and ethics: clear as mud?
At Montclair State, the right and wrong of winning and losing 12.12.06
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame selects seven 12.07.06
Jews and boxing
Barney Ross: a hero in and out of the ring 11.30.06
Women’s basketball in Israel 11.23.06
Former Princetonian sketches the ‘joys of summer’ 11.16.06
Israel baseball league adds two new players 11.09.06
Looking at the future for Jews in pro sports 11.02.06
Documentary shoots to honor Jewish pioneers of pro basketball 10.26.06
Still waiting for that miracle
Chicago rabbi combines Kabala and Cubs in novel 10.19.06
Landsmen in the big leagues: 2006 wrap-up 10.12.06
Glory days with the A’s
NJ ex-big leaguer recalls a short but sweet career in cleats 10.05.06
Jewish athletes and the ‘Yom Kippur dilemma’ 9.28.06
Former NJ Jewish News intern finds dream job with St. Louis Rams 9.21.06
Former Major League ump from Morristown still calling 'em as he sees 'em 9.14.06
Schechter alum dreams of fields in Israel 8.31.06
Organization seeks to marry sports with tzedaka 8.24.06
E-Men and B’nai Abraham:
‘We are the champions’ 8.10.06
Former ballplayer still in a league of her own 7.27.06
Baseball fever to Israel 7.20.06
For this boy of summer, age is just a number 7.13.06
Take me out to the (All-Star) game 7.06.06
Sderot Halomot
American players to try out for Israel Baseball League’s new ‘fields of dreams’ 6.29.06
As World Cup opens in Germany, authorities focus on tackling racism 6.22.06
Grid irony: Israeli youth catch flag football fever 6.08.06
Nets fan’s chance behind the mic makes for one happy camper 6.01.06
Brown not blue as team owner’s pro lacrosse venture looks rosy 5.25.06
The mighty have fallen
An FDU professor examines hero worship in the steroids era 5.18.06
Sports stars anchor Y’s specialty camps 5.11.06
Third group of athletes to enter JCC MetroWest Sports Hall of Fame 5.04.06
The Jew who ruined the national pastime 4.27.06
The story of baseball’s ‘Designated Hebrew’ proved a tough pitch for NJ sportswriter 4.20.06
Jewish March Madness, continued 4.06.06
Coaching youth sports: Perspective, perspective, perspective 3.30.06
Memories of Torino 3.23.06
JCC swim team caps undefeated season with state championship 3.16.06
Zygi Wilf's Rookie Year 3.16.06
Schechter caps 19-3 record by winning yeshiva tourney 3.09.06
Right combination brings CA softball star to Israel via NJ 3.02.06
For Sid Dorfman, three score and 10 equals a lifetime of sports journalism 2.16.06
Trio of columnists opens eyes, doors for next generation 2.16.06
NJ skaters compete for Israel at Olympics 2.09.06
What’s a nice Jewish girl like you? 2.02.06
Refuting the ‘student athlete’ oxymoron 1.26.06
Sports memorabilia maven Barry Halper is remembered for what he gave 1.05.06