Sports

Bruce Pearl Coaches Auburn to its 1st NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four

by JTA | Apr 1, 2019 | College Sports, National, News, Sports

By Marc Brodsky (JTA) — Bruce Pearl has won plenty of accolades and championships in a basketball coaching career spanning nearly three decades, including guiding the U.S. men’s team to the 2009 Maccabiah Games title. Now, however, he’s on the precipice of college...

Alex Bregman Signs One of the Largest-Ever Contracts for a Jewish Athlete

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Mar 21, 2019 | Baseball, News, Sports

Update: This article initially incorrectly stated that Alex Bregman broke the record for contracts for Jewish athletes. Ryan Braun had signed one worth $5 million more. We’ve also added a reference to a Sports Illustrated article that discusses Bregman’s bar...

Remembering Baltimore Sports Greats Manny Machado, Joe Flacco and Frank Robinson

by Stan "The Fan" Charles | Mar 21, 2019 | Baseball, Football, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports

Retiring Orioles radio announcer Joe Angel had a signature home run call that seems to fit this column like a glove. “Wave it bye-bye!” Joe would say whenever a player hit one over the fence. In a similar vein, Baltimore recently lost three great parts of a storied...

Blair Braverman Becomes 1st Jewish Woman to Finish Iditarod Sled Dog Race

by Emily Burack | Mar 19, 2019 | News, Sports

Update: We found the (actual) first Jewish woman to finish the Iditarod sled dog race (JTA) — Writer and adventurer Blair Braverman appears to be the first Jewish woman to race in — and complete — the historic Iditarod sled dog race, finishing the grueling 1,000-mile...

Pikesville Girls Team Wins 1st State Basketball Championship in School’s History

by Jeff Seidel | Mar 18, 2019 | Baltimore, High School Sports, Local, News, Pikesville, Sports

The Pikesville High School girls team won the first basketball state championship in the school’s 55-year history when defeating Smithsburg High School 61-31 on March 16 in the Class 1A title game at Towson University’s SECU Arena. The team never made the state final...

UMBC’s Jenna Baverman Shares Her Love for Lacrosse and Israel

by Jeff Seidel | Mar 4, 2019 | News, Sports

Jenna Baverman, a captain of the UMBC women’s lacrosse team, also played with the under-19 Israeli lacrosse team and for Israel in the Women’s World Cup in 2017 – a feat she could repeat in two years. Jmore recently spoke with Baverman, a senior, about some of her...

Boston’s Jewish Community Stunned by Allegations Against Robert Kraft

by Penny Schwartz | Mar 1, 2019 | Football, National, News, Sports

BOSTON (JTA) — His name adorns the headquarters of Boston’s Jewish federation. His giving to Jewish causes at home and in Israel is legendary. And of course he is the owner of the beloved New England Patriots, the NFL’s most successful 21st-century franchise, winner...

Noting Father’s Holocaust Survival, Michael Cohen Calls Trump a ‘Racist’ and ‘Con Man’

by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Feb 27, 2019 | National, National Politics, News, Sports

WASHINGTON (JTA) — In prepared testimony honed to deliver deep wounds to his onetime mentor and employer, Michael Cohen said President Donald Trump was a con man and a racist, and once again cited his father’s survival of the Holocaust to explain why he turned on...

New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Charged with Soliciting Prostitute

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Feb 22, 2019 | Football, National, News, Sports

This is a developing story. (JTA) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been charged with soliciting a prostitute in Florida. The 77-year-old Jewish businessman was one of some 100 men charged in a human trafficking investigation in Martin County, Jupiter...

Major League Baseball Players May Get the Short End of the Stick

by Stan "The Fan" Charles | Feb 4, 2019 | Baseball, National, News, Sports

There’s good news and bad news as pitchers and catchers report for spring training for the 2019 baseball season. Which do you want first? That’s no surprise you want the good news first. Almost everybody takes that choice first. The 2019 season will start on time and...