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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 529

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Fan Lavi Kirel waves an Israeli flag as basketball player Deni Avdija takes a free throw during a March 3 game in Philadelphia. (Jon Marks/Times of Israel)
March 11, 2025, 4:09 am
No longer riding pine, Deni Avdija blazes trail of pride for Israel across the NBA
Overcoming a slow start after arriving in Portland, the fifth-year forward is inspiring overt support for the Jewish state while putting up the best numbers of his career
By Jon Marks
Dwight Howard during an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns, on January 13, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
January 8, 2025, 9:42 pm
Ex-NBA star Dwight Howard says he was made to delete ‘Free Palestine’ tweet in 2014
Commissioner of the National Basketball Association called within 10 minutes, ordering the athlete to remove the post, Howard tells podcaster, adding, ‘I went against the grain’
By ToI Staff
L-R, top row: Jake Retzlaff, Quinn Hughes and Lindsay Gottlieb. Bottom row: Sam Salz, Jessica Fox and Max Fried. (Getty Images; Design by Grace Yagel via JTA)
January 1, 2025, 2:33 am
From Olympic medals to college ball, the top moments for Jewish athletes in 2024
Jewish athletes distinguished themselves across events, venues and tiers of competition while also having an incredible impact off the field. Here’s a look at this year’s highlights
By jacob gurvis
At left, the book cover of Mark and Matthew Jacob's Abe Saperstein biography (Courtesy). At right, Saperstein, far left, in the earliest known team photo of the Globetrotters, from the 1930–1931 season. (Berkley Family Collection via JTA)
October 18, 2024, 2:04 am
How Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein shaped basketball as we know it today
58 years after his death, new book ‘Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports’ looks at proudly Jewish executive’s innovations that boosted game’s popularity
By jacob gurvis
Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe Bryant smiles at a referee during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Chicago Sky in Los Angeles, September 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Lori Shepler)
July 19, 2024, 2:45 am
Kobe Bryant’s late father Joe once coached a Jewish day school’s girls basketball team
Philadelphia legend ‘Jellybean’ Bryant, who died Monday at 69, is famous for his sporting achievements and fathering an NBA great, but Akiba students knew him as a beloved coach
By Rob Charry
Head coach Elliot Steinmetz talks to the Yeshiva University Maccabees in the locker room after they beat US Merchant Marine Academy, 75-57, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
July 11, 2024, 5:47 am
Mayim Bialik producing movie on Yeshiva U’s basketball win streak
New film will focus on US college team’s coach when it won 50 straight games from 2019 to 2021; screenwriter: Coach ‘shares my determination to prove Jews can be whatever we want’
By jacob gurvis
Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija (8) drives to the basket past Chicago Bulls forward Torrey Craig (13) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Washington, April 12, 2024. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
June 27, 2024, 1:08 pm
NBA’s Wizards trade Israeli native Deni Avdija to Portland, in surprise move
Basketball star swapped for Trail Blazers guard Malcolm Brogdon, as new senior team adviser reportedly decides to end his contract several years early
By ToI Staff
Yarden Garzon of the Indiana Hoosiers playing against the Lipscomb Bisons at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, November 19, 2023. (Gretta Cohoon/Indiana Athletics)
April 5, 2024, 4:46 pm
Full court press: Rising NCAA basketball star Yarden Garzon proudly reps Israel
The 20-year-old Indiana Hoosiers guard from Ra’anana uses platform to dispel ‘fake news’ about her home country as anti-Zionist rhetoric soars amid ongoing war in Gaza
By Ed Klajman
Illustrative. A general view of Yonkers, New York. (rblfmr/Shutterstock)
March 13, 2024, 1:23 pm
Feds probing NY school over antisemitic slurs slung at Jewish basketball squad
Investigation opens months after Yonkers basketball player yelled ‘F-ing Jew’ at opponent from Jewish Leffel School team
By Andrew Lapin
Members of the Ireland women's basketball team pictured before they faced Israel in EuroBasket qualifying, February 8, 2024 (X screengrab, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
February 9, 2024, 2:35 pm
Irish basketball team refuses to shake hands with Israelis, proceeds to lose by 30
Basketball Ireland backed national women’s team forgoing pleasantries after Israeli player called them antisemitic; Israel captain: It was a lot more than a win, it became personal
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Female high school basketball player shooting basket free throw. (credit: monkeybusinessimages/ iStock)
January 8, 2024, 11:16 pm
Basketball coach fired at NY school where players shouted slurs at Jewish opponents
Yonkers high school dismisses girls’ basketball coach, suspends a team member, after game against Jewish school ended in antisemitic taunts, amid tensions related to Gaza war
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: The net in the first half of an NBA basketball game on in Denver, on November 29, 2023. (David Zalubowski/AP)
January 7, 2024, 1:09 pm
High school girls’ basketball game aborted in New York amid antisemitic slurs
Team from private Jewish Leffell School calls an end to game after third quarter as opposing team members shout ‘I support Hamas, you f-king Jew,’ among other taunts
By ToI Staff
Washington Wizards' Deni Avdija, left, goes up for a shot against Philadelphia 76ers' De'Anthony Melton during the first half of an NBA basketball game, November 6, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
November 16, 2023, 12:27 am
As the Israel-Hamas war rages on, Israeli NBA star Deni Avdija plays through the pain
Praying for his countrymen back home, the Washington Wizards’ small forward puts up impressive numbers as the season starts in the wake of brutal Hamas massacres
By Jon Marks
Israeli University of South Florida basketball player Romi Levy. (Courtesy: South Florida Athletics)
November 9, 2023, 12:49 am
After losing friends on Oct. 7, Israeli basketballer looks for escape on the court
University of South Florida star forward Romi Levy: ‘I’m just trying to do my best and make sure that everybody at home is okay and try to be there and support them’
By Greg Levinsky
Stanford guard Benny Gealer (15) drives against Washington State guard Dylan Darling, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Pullman, Washington, January 14, 2023. (AP Photo/ Dean Hare)
November 6, 2023, 12:52 am
20 Jewish college basketball players to watch in 2023-24
New crop of Israelis also gaining attention, as they struggle with war; USF’s Levy says it has been hard to stay on top of school and basketball with ‘everything going on at home’
By Greg Levinsky
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