Sports

Where are David Modell and Brian Billick in the Ravens Ring of Honor?

by Stan "The Fan" Charles | Aug 24, 2017 | Football, News, Ravens, Sports

Like the Orioles Hall of Fame, the Ravens Ring of Honor is meant to celebrate the best of the best who have worn the uniform of the hometown team. As such, there is no clear-cut directive or mandate that says loudly or clearly, “This guy belongs in the Ravens Ring of...

Tamir Goodman: From ‘Jewish Jordan’ To Entrepreneur — PressBox

by Andy Kostka | Aug 18, 2017 | Baltimore, FROM OUR PARTNERS, Local, News, Sports

Tamir Goodman, once dubbed the “Jewish Jordan” while regularly churning out 35-point games for Talmudical Academy of Baltimore from 1996-1999, went on to reach the highest level of professional basketball in Israel. Now, he’s making his mark on the...

Former NBA Star Writes Moving Account of his Auschwitz Visit

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Aug 7, 2017 | News, Sports

(JTA) — Until recently, Ray Allen was known for being the NBA’s all-time leader in made three-pointers. Then last December, President Obama appointed the former All-Star as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. It was a surprising announcement to those who...

Temple Beth Shalom Members Win Medals at Maccabiah Games

by Jeff Seidel | Aug 2, 2017 | International, Israel, News, Sports

Neil Schechter has traveled to Israel frequently but his recent trip held a special meaning. Schechter, who works with Pikesville-based Klein Enterprises, went to Israel for the recent Maccabiah Games, where he won a gold medal in the men’s masters division in tennis...

McDaniel Memories

by Stan "The Fan" Charles | Jul 28, 2017 | Football, News, Ravens, Sports

The Ravens’ training camp experience has never been the same since the team’s exodus from Westminster. As you may have read or heard, this year’s Ravens training camp at 1 Winning Drive in Owings Mills — which will be the sixth since the departure from Westminster’s...

Baltimore Wrestler Wins Gold at International Games in Israel

by Jeff Seidel | Jul 11, 2017 | Baltimore, College Sports, International, Israel, Local, Maryland, National, News, Sports

Owings Mills native Jack Mutchnik won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling yesterday, July 10, at the 20th World Maccabiah Games in Israel. A red-shirt junior (third-year of varsity competition) at American University who wrestled at his alma mater, St. Paul’s...

Athletes Come for Love and Glory at the 2017 Maccabiah Games

by Hillel Kuttler, JTA | Jul 6, 2017 | International, Israel, News, Sports

RAMAT GAN, Israel (JTA) – Danny Janel first noticed Allison Silfen’s smile in July 2013. They were hanging out with other athletes in a hotel room a few evenings after arriving in Israel. He was smitten. She had already noticed him on the flight over. Half asleep,...

Basketball ‘Junkie’ Heading to Israel for International Competition

by Jeff Seidel | Jun 30, 2017 | International, Israel, Local, Maryland, News, Sports

Over the years, Eric R. Abel has endured quite a few tough injuries while playing basketball, a game he truly loves. The Owings Mills resident has torn the ACL in both of his knees and dealt with a torn Achilles tendon in his right foot. But Abel, who turns 49 on July...

Meet Diego Schwartzman, the Best Jewish Tennis Player on Earth

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Jun 28, 2017 | News, Sports

(JTA) — When Wimbledon starts next week, no other Jewish tennis player will be seeded higher than Diego Schwartzman. The scrappy 24-year-old from Argentina, fresh off an impressive five-set duel with perennial star Novak Djokovic at the French Open earlier this month,...

Patriots Owner brings Football Hall of Famers to Israel

by Hillel Kuttler, JTA | Jun 16, 2017 | Israel, News, Sports

Ramat HaSharon, Israel An Israeli soldier clapped football great and Vietnam War veteran Roger Staubach on the shoulder at a soccer field here, telling the 1963 Heisman Trophy winner and U.S. Naval Academy grad that he and his brother serve in the paratroopers. The...