SPORTS

The Jewish Sport Report: This Jewish hockey star will be a top-10 NHL draft pick

THE BEST DEFENSE. Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes won the NHL’s Norris Trophy, given to the league’s best defender. Hughes, the first Canuck…

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The Humble Toast Sportstar Of the Week: Lizzie Scharf

The Jewish Link and The Humble Toast would like to recognize  Lizzie Scharf as this week’s Sportstar of the Week.…

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The Jewish Sport Report: The NHL gets its first Jewish head coach in 32 years

Hello and happy summer! It’s a good weekend for sports fans, as we’ve got the Stanley Cup Finals, the College…

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Eagles Announcer Merrill Reese to Enter Pro Football Hall of Fame

Merrill Reese (Courtesy of Merrill Reese) Legendary Philadelphia Eagles radio announcer Merrill Reese has been inducted into several halls of…

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OPINION: Jews are more common in sports than imagined. So is antisemitism.

It’s that time of year again. Another summer of sport awaits, highlighted this year by the Olympics in Paris, scheduled…

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As MLB veteran Kevin Pillar enjoys a late-career resurgence in LA, he’s come to appreciate his place as a Jewish baseball star

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In a home game against the Houston Astros on Friday, Kevin Pillar crushed the first pitch he…

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The Jewish Sport Report: This Jewish publicist is Hall of Fame-bound

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Jewish publicist and noted ‘good guy’ Fred Sternburg joins the International Boxing Hall of Fame

Ahead of Israeli super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman’s highly anticipated Yankee Stadium fight in 2010 against Miguel Cotto, a press…

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