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The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
6M ago
This Post is dedicated to the memory of Adam Agmon. Tel Aviv Heat kick-off the 3rd Super Cup season this Saturday against the Lusitanos in Lisbon. Catch them on Rugby Europe TV (live steam at 18:00 and then on VOD) Let me indulge in ..read more
The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
7M ago
Tal Brody recently celebrated his 80th birthday. Brody helped snap the country out of its deep funk following the 1973 Yom Kippur War. He was captain of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team that captured the 1977 European championship, and the heart of a nation. ..read more
The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
9M ago
Half of the US, along with plenty of others worldwide, have had it with entitled, shrill, leftist athletes shrieking their off-putting opinions in sporting event attendees’ faces, when no one comes to athletic contests to be subjected to political diatribes. A few days ago that ..read more
The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
10M ago
It seems that all of Israel is in a sense of euphoria and filled with national pride with the unexpected success of the U-21 Israeli National Soccer Team. The team’s monumental victories as underdogs in every game paved the way for them to compete in ..read more
The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
11M ago
The write-up of this interview got delayed due to several family and work crises that conspired against my journalistic good intentions. After initially meeting at Sun Café on Moshav Batzra, I followed up again in early June, for the low-down on the new Stade Français ..read more
The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
1y ago
The 2022 Qatar World Cup has come and gone. Most fans will remember the exhilarating matches and the dramatic final. They will recall the emergence of Morocco as the tournament’s darling. For some, the politics will stick in their mind: expressions of support for the ..read more
The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
1y ago
Professional wrestling and Jewish people are HOT HOT HOT these days! From Mitzvah Mania in Los Angeles, to AEW Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman’s (aka MJF) Bar Mitzvah Celebration, to the Israeli Pro Wrestling Association here in Israel, and Paul Heyman’s masterful work as the wise ..read more
The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
1y ago
Baseball is not exactly a popular sport in Israel, and few Israelis have embraced it. But when the Israeli baseball team qualified for the summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, some Israelis tuned in and cheered on its players, most of whom were Americans ..read more
The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
1y ago
Discussing Broadway, brains, and brawn with the bold Ivy League freshman bound for success She stands stoic, poised, ready to unleash—symbolically and literally—what feels like limitless potential. Indeed, the drawn arrow in Emily Rosenfeld’s grip metaphorically represents so much more than a molded combination of ..read more
The Times of Israel » Israeli Sports
1y ago
In nearly every World Cup, there is usually one qualifying round group known affectionately as the “grupo de la muerte” or “Group of Death.” This group is the one with the toughest, most evenly-matched competition wherein at least one very good team is going to be ..read more