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M. Stephen Brown
From the pages of JVibe magazine, we bring you this exclusive Q&A with one of baseball’s hottest young players, Red Sox phenom Kevin Youkilis.

Bruce Pearl
For former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's men's basketball coach and New England native, Bruce Pearl, life just keeps getting sweeter.

Benny Friedman
It's hard to miss the symmetry: Benny Friedman, who popularized the forward pass, and Dan Marino, the most prolific passer in pro football history, have each been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year.

John Grabow
Jewish sports fans in Pittsburgh no doubt have been lamenting the loss of Steelers punter Josh Miller to New England via free agency. Who will be the favorite son of the Jewish community here now?

Jennifer Fleischer
Is the term student-athlete a misnomer? Given all the recent scandals in big-time college sports, one would certainly have reason to think so. Of course there are several exceptions to the current trend. But many of those exceptions go unreported due to their lack of sensationalism.

Gabe Kapler
The life of a professional baseball player can be quite stressful. There's all the travel, the pressure to perform in a spotlight, your life constantly under a microscope, the invitations to Bar Mitzvahs.

Owners, Commissioners and More
Sports Illustrated recently did a very interesting, and likely controversial, report on the 101 most influential minorities in the world of sports

Winners On the Court and Off
Summer is the season for reunions and bringing family together. This was more than ever the case on August 10th at the Jim Calhoun Celebrity Classic and All-Star Game

South Florida's Anita Marks
Here we go again, another Jewish woman football player/centerfold

Providence's Michal Epstein
College in the U.S. is usually a four-year experience where one not only earns a diploma, but also grows as a human being and learns about life. It's no different for Providence College (PC) basketball star Michal Epstein

Zhana Pintusevich-Block
When people mention today's top Jewish athletes, Shawn Green, Jay Fielder, Kerri Strug, Lenny Krayzelburg, and Mathieu Schneider often come up. Those are Jewish athletes with an American connection. However the top one, at least based on last year's performance, is a woman named Zhanna Pintusevich-Block

An Interview from our Partner, Beliefnet.com
Well, nine times out of ten people consider a nice little Jewish boy the kid who grows up and sits behind a desk preparing your taxes. I've certainly broken that stereotype in many ways

Schneider Rediscovers His Judaism
Mathieu Schneider of the Los Angeles Kings, a 13-year veteran of professional hockey who has been playing since he was a boy, should be showing signs of slowing down

Team Boasts Youth and Size
Learn about the US contingent for the Maccabiah games. Some big names like USC's David Bluthenthal and former Williams C Eric Gingold were included. Click here to see the whole roster.

Quartet of Israelis Leads UMass-Lowell
College basketball in the 21st century has become a global affair as thousands of schools jockey for international players during the competitive recruiting season

A Star is Born in Sydney
Lenny Krazelburg, three time Olympic gold medal winner for backstroke, has a self-effacing charm and strikingly good looks that have transformed him into a media darling. People Magazine has recognized him as one of the Fifty Most Beautiful People of 2000--and they are right

Find out who represented the Jewish people in Greece. Click through to learn more about this incredible group

by Michael Dittelman
Although Father's Day is not a Jewish holiday, no doubt many Jews do celebrate the day by honoring their fathers with gifts, hugs, and phone calls. In fact, Judaism instructs us to honor thy mother and father every day of our lives, always thanking them for their guidance, love, and support.

Reflections on the Conflict in Israel
Fourteen years ago, I was in army basic training on a base not far from the West Bank city of Ramallah. On the day I was sworn into the Israel Defense Forces, I was given an M-16 rifle and a Bible, in keeping with the dictum of Rabbi Eliezer that "Sefer v'Sayif, the Book and the sword, were given together from heaven".

Philly Loves Its Flashy Basketball Stars--Years Ago They Were Jewish
Such stereotypes reflect a long tradition that goes back more than seven decades, to the 1920s, when the game first emerged from the ghettos of Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore. Sportswriters then used to wax about the flashy skills of hardscrabble "natural athletes." Sounds familiar, except the stars then had names like Dutch Garfinkel and Inky Lautman, and the top teams were the Philadelphia Hebrews and the Cleveland Rosenblums.

Passover and the Playoffs
Why was last Passover different from all other Passovers? The answer: Saloniki, Greece.
For all of us who were in Israel at that time, the Passover holiday was nearly overshadowed by the success of the Israeli national basketball team, Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Memories of Jewish Ballplayers I have been an avid baseball fan since my childhood. Growing up in Chicago, I had opportunities to see the Cubs at Wrigley Field and White Sox at Comiskey Park. While the success of those teams was at best sketchy during that period, I did get to see the best teams and players in each league as they came into town.

They'll Always Go Together
On October 6, 1965, Sandy Koufax, the overpowering lefty for the Los Angeles Dodgers, did not pitch in the first game of the World Series against the Minnesota Twins because game day fell on Yom Kippur.

A New Documentary Retells the 1972 Munich Massacre and Reveals the Previously Untold Story of What Happened
The chain of events that led to the death of the Israeli Olympic athletes, and the lack of an adequate response to their capture, boggle the mind. As the documentary conveys, the West German government failed to protect the Israelis and utterly botched any plans to save them.

by Dr. Mitch Smith
Taking note of athletes who strive to reach their best, we can find a message for each of us. The men and women who took their place on the Olympic winners'podium made their way there because of certain values, strategies and practices which I believe can help all of us to make life fuller, more joyful and more meaningful

A group led by Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner agreed on Monday, August 14th to a takeover of the English Premier League team Aston Villa.

Lerner, a Cleveland, Ohio native and former chairman of the credit card company MBNA, is the second NFL owner to take over a Premier League club team following Tampa Bay Buccaneer's owner Malcolm Glazer's purchase of Manchester United in 2005. More...

August 26, 2005--Mazel tov to Orthodox fighter Dmitry Salita, who claimed the NABA junior welterweight championship and joined a select group of Jewish boxing champions in the last 30 years including Dana Rosenblatt, Fabrice Benichou and Mike Rossman. The undefeated Salita, who does not box on the Sabbath, beat Shawn Gallegos by 9th round TKO.

August 5, 2005--After a difficult playoff win in the morning, 17 year old Morgan Pressel had an easy afternoon win and advanced to today's quarterfinals of the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship.

July 11, 2005--Former USC cager David Bluthenthal has signed with Houston for its Minnesota Summer League squad. With few SFs against whom to compete, Bluthenthal should see a lot of playing time during the league, which runs July 15-19.

July 11, 2005--Last week, Jewish OFs Adam Greenberg (CHI) and Adam Stern (BOS) made their MLB debuts. Each played collegiately, Greenberg at North Carolina and Stern at Nebraska. Both are still awaiting their first hits, though Greenberg has the dubious honor of beginning his career with an HBP to his head, from which he is expected to recover fully.

July 11, 2005--The 17th Maccabiah Games started yesterday. For complete coverage, click here.

June 7, 2005--Miami 3B Ryan Braun was drafted today by Milwaukee with the 5th pick of the first round. He is the highest drafted Jewish baseballer since Justin Wayne went also went 5th in 2000.

June 7, 2005--Zygmunt Wilf, who purchased the Minnesota Vikings last week, is believed to be the first Orthodox owner of a major sports team. Hopefully, NFL schedulemakers will avoid scheduling Minnesota in those late season Saturday games.

May 23, 2005--University of Miami 3B Ryan Braun was named ACC Player of the Year yesterday. The junior, a California native, finished the regular season .412/16HRs/71RBIs/21SBs and is expected to go in the top 15 of next month's MLB Draft. You can read more about Braun by clicking here.
Milton Green dies at age 91
April 1, 2005--Milton Green, once a world-record hurdler who boycotted the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died earlier this week at age 91. While at Harvard in 1935 and 1936, Green tied the world record of 5.8 seconds in the 45-yard hurdles four times.

March 28, 2005--Over the weekend, Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor won the U.S. women's 8-kilometer championship Saturday and shattered the American record. The 32-year old Kastor ran away from the field to cross the finish line in 24 minutes, 36 seconds, well ahead of Lynn Jennings' mark of 25:02 set in 1991.

February 21, 2005--Donna Geils Orender, a Maccabiah games alumna, has been named the new president of the WNBA. She had been responsible for strategic development as a PGA Tour senior vice president.

February 11, 2005--Last week it was announced that Benny Friedman was posthumously elected to the NFL Hall of Fame. The former Brandeis coach and Michigan alum was arguably the greatest QB of the pre-1950 era of the NFL and was already a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

February 11, 2005--Earlier this week, Niv Berkowitz decided to leave Marquette and return to Israel, where he will likely play for his father. Berkowitz averaged just over one point per game.

December 10, 2004--Niv Berkowitz, a 6'2" sharpshooter from Ramat-Hasharon, Israel has signed to play the 2nd semester at Marquette University. One of the stars of the Under-18 national team, Berkowitz recently received an army deferment that will allow him to meet NCAA eligibility requirements. Niv and his legendary father Mickey (UNLV '76) become the 1st Israeli father-son combination in NCAA hoops history.

6'9" Post Noah Levine from the Hill School (Pottstown, PA) has signed to play for the Princeton Tigers. 6'2" Guard Aron Cohen from Abington Friends School (Jenkintown, PA) has signed to play for the Penn Quakers. 6'3" Guard Jason Vegotsky from Pennbury High School (Fallsington, PA) has signed to play for Bucknell Bison.

November 5, 2004--New Jersey native Yael Averbuch is headed to Thailand for the World Under 19 Championships, beginning this week. Averbuch has signed a letter-of-intent to attend soccer power North Carolina.

November 4, 2005--The Sacramento Kings cut former USC star David Bluthenthal earlier this week, ending his bid to become the first Jewish NBAer since Danny Schayes retired in 1999. We expect David will return to Maccabi Tel Aviv if the team still has room on its roster or will play in a major European league.

October 26, 2004--The JCC of Manhattan is celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Jews in America with a panel discussion on Jews in Sports and Media on Monday, November 1st at 7PM. For tickets and information, call (646)505-5708 or visit www.jccnyc.org

October 12, 2004--October, 2004--The Israel at Heart organization is sponsoring a men's basketball tour to the United States this November. It has assembled a team comprised of students from the Interdisciplinary Center (Herzlia), Tel-Aviv University, and Ben Gurion University from Beer Sheva. The Israel at Heart National Select student team will play eight games at NCAA colleges in the Boston and New York City areas.

September 23, 2004--Shawn Green, who sat out a game in the midst of a pennant race in 2001, will sit out Saturday's battle with the Giants to observe Yom Kippur. However, Green is saying that he plans on playing in Friday night's affair. JewishSports.com would like to commend Shawn on what must have been a very difficult decision, and we'd also like to wish a g'mar tov to all our readers and their favorite Jewish and Israeli athletes.

September 23, 2004--Israeli swimmer Karen Leibowitz won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke after narrowly falling to a silver in the 100m freestyle. Other Israelis have faired well also, as Itzhak Memistavlov won a gold in the 100m freestyle and the sailing trio is expected to hold on to win gold.

September 23, 2004--Israeli model Bar Refaeli will become the first Israeli woman to appear in Sports Illustrated's famed swimsuit issue. The 19 year old self-proclaimed country girl is well known in her native country but this will be one of her first major appearances in a publication of SI's magnitude.

September 23, 2004--Vikings' RT Mike Rosenthal will likely be out for the season after after breaking his right foot in the team's loss to the Eagles on Monday night.

August 25, 2004--Israeli windsurfer Gal Friedman made a nation proud earlier today by winning the country's first ever gold medal. Friedman outscored the competition and also became the first Israeli to win 2 medals of any kind after having won a bronze in 1996. An additional mazel tov goes out to JewishSports.com fave Deena Kastor, who earlier this week became the first US woman to medal in the marathon since 1984 by winning a bronze.

August 22, 2004--Chile's Nicolas Massu won his second gold in tennis singles Sunday evening after winning a gold in doubles late Saturday night. Massu is a veteran of the Maccabiah Games and is currently ranked 24th in the ATP. Both gold medals were the first ever won by a Chilean athlete. Elsewhere in Greece, despite poor performances earlier in the Games, American Jason Lezak led the US Medley relay to gold with a strong anchor leg.

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