Sports
by JTA | Nov 19, 2020 | Community, News, Sports
By Marc Brodsky Deni Avdija, the 19-year-old Israeli basketball phenomenon, was taken by the Washington Wizards with the ninth overall pick of the NBA Draft on Wednesday night, Nov. 18, the earliest an Israeli has been picked in league history. A lanky 6-9 forward for... read more
by SPONSORED CONTENT | Nov 13, 2020 | Community, Education, SPONSORED, Sports
This article was provided by Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School. Five graduating senior student athletes from Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School have signed letters of intent to continue competing in their sports at the collegiate level. The pre-K-12 Jewish day school... read more
by PressBox | Sep 10, 2020 | Baseball, Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, FROM OUR PARTNERS, News, Orioles, Sports
By Jim Henneman When the Orioles beat the Yankees, 5-1, Sept. 6 and Dean Kremer got his first win in his major league debut, the game was even bigger news in Tel Aviv than it was in Baltimore. Kremer, the first Israeli citizen to play in the major leagues, allowed... read more
by Marcy Oster | Jul 16, 2020 | Arts & Life, National, National Politics, Sports
In the wake of a string of high-profile controversies involving the likes of rapper Ice Cube, actor and TV host Nick Cannon and NFL player DeSean Jackson, two prominent Black commentators have called out anti-Semitism in the Black community this week — NBA Hall... read more
by JMORE Staff | Jun 30, 2020 | Community, Coronavirus News, Sports
PressBox founder Stan “The Fan” Charles and local sportscaster Gary Stein join “The Upside” to discuss sports amid the pandemic and moving forward. Join Jmore and The Associated every week as we bring together some of Maryland’s most respected... read more
by Michael Olesker | Mar 25, 2020 | Baseball, Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Coronavirus Opinion & Commentary, Michael Olesker, Orioles, Sports
The Baltimore Orioles will play baseball again one day. But it won’t be tomorrow. They were supposed to open their 2020 season on Thursday, Mar. 26. It would have been the earliest start in the club’s history, which goes back two-thirds of a century. Now, it’ll be the... read more
by Stan "The Fan" Charles | Jan 31, 2020 | Football, News, Opinion, Ravens, Sports
At this point, I’m sure most Ravens fans have unloaded their deep disappointment over the team’s 28-12 playoff loss on Jan. 11 to their one-time rival, the Tennessee Titans. That’s what sports fans do when a season ends — they put aside that season and begin to assess... read more
by Jeff Seidel | Jan 28, 2020 | Community, News, Sports
Three years ago, Adam Gladstone played a crucial role in helping Team Israel prepare for and work its way to a surprising sixth-place finish in the World Baseball Classic. Now, the Mount Washington resident is lending a hand to the Jewish state once again as Team... read more
by Ron Snyder | Jan 8, 2020 | Community, Sports
To many sports fans today, the best-known student athlete to hail from Clemson University is Trevor Lawrence, the star quarterback who led the Tigers to the college football national title last year and may win another this year. But in these parts, the Clemson... read more
by Peter Arnold | Dec 20, 2019 | Community, News, Sports
For more than 145 years, Baltimore has served as the home of Pimlico Race Course, the nation’s second-oldest racetrack, and the Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of horseracing’s Triple Crown series. That beloved local tradition – which every May brings international... read more