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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 489

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Sam Salz of the Texas A&M Aggies. (Courtesy Texas A&M Athletics)
May 23, 2024, 3:06 am
How Texas A&M Aggies’s Sam Salz became college football’s first known Orthodox player
Despite never having played on a team and not even owning a pair of cleats, the plucky athlete practiced alongside the squad and is now a walk-on member setting a Jewish example
By Cathryn J. Prince
Al-Nassr supporters cheer ahead of the unveiling ceremony of Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo at the Mrsool Park Stadium in the Saudi capital Riyadh on January 3, 2023. (Haitham El-Tabei/AFP)
October 4, 2023, 11:12 pm
Saudi Arabia announces bid to host World Cup in 2034
Kingdom to host FIFA Club World Cup in December, Asian Cup in 2027; sports a major component of crown prince’s Vision 2030 reform agenda
By AFP
Beachwood High School is located in one of the country's most Jewish suburbs. (Courtesy of the Cleveland Jewish News via JTA)
September 27, 2023, 5:24 am
Ohio high school football coach resigns after players use ‘Nazi’ in play calls
Players employ racist, antisemitic language during game in heavily Jewish Cleveland suburb; coach quits, says sorry but unclear if team will face disciplinary action
By AP and JTA
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) reacts after their loss against the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz. Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)
February 13, 2023, 6:44 am
Super Bowl magic: Kansas City Chiefs beat Philadelphia Eagles 38-35
Chiefs win second Super Bowl in four years with QB Patrick Mahomes shaking off an ankle injury and pulling off another comeback on the big stage
By Rob Maaddi
Illustrative: New York Giants linebacker Azeez Ojulari (51) defends against the Washington Commanders during an NFL football game, December 4, 2022, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
December 14, 2022, 11:57 pm
Hanukkah menorah lighting to be held on ‘Sunday Night Football’ for first time
Chabad rabbi says candles at Giants-Commanders game will spread the holiday’s ‘light at a time when popular culture reels from antisemitism’
By jacob gurvis
Russian President Vladimir Putin touches the World Cup trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino stands beside him, at the end of the final match between France and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on July 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
February 28, 2022, 10:03 pm
Russia suspended from international soccer four years after hosting World Cup
FIFA president says soccer should be ‘a vector for unity and peace amongst people’; Russian Football Union calls decision ‘discriminatory’
By AFP
David Kross as Bert Trautmann in 'The Keeper' (Jürgen Olczyk/Menemsha Films)
October 2, 2020, 11:56 am
How an ex-Nazi found UK soccer stardom thanks to a refugee rabbi’s intervention
Docudrama ‘The Keeper’ tells the amazing true story of Bert Trautmann’s journey from German POW to Manchester City goalie. But questions remain over his wartime service in Ukraine
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates his touchdown pass to Damien Williams in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game February 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
February 3, 2020, 6:01 am
Comeback king Mahomes sparks Chiefs to Super Bowl win after 50-year wait
Kansas City team takes first NFL Championship since their triumph over the Minnesota Vikings in 1970
By BARRY WILNER
Illustrative: Bayern's Mats Hummels, left, challenges for the ball against Chemnitz' Tom Scheffel, right, during the German soccer cup match between Chemnitzer FC and and FC Bayern Munich in Chemnitz, eastern Germany on August 12, 2017. (AP/Jens Meyer)
August 26, 2019, 2:48 am
German soccer team refuses to acknowledge fans over anti-Semitic, racist chants
Third-division Chemnitzer Football Club gives supporters cold shoulder after they chant that club director was a ‘Jewish pig’
By Marcy Oster
In this photo from May 22, 2019, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft arrives at an NFL football owners meeting in Key Biscayne, Florida. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
June 12, 2019, 8:13 pm
Trailed by prostitution scandal, Robert Kraft ready to feel the love in Israel
Patriots owner to visit next week to collect prestigious Genesis Prize, marking his first major public appearance since being indicted on solicitation charge
By Josef Federman
In this file photo from November 18, 2017, UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen passes during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Southern California in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
April 25, 2018, 10:23 pm
QB Josh Rosen says he faces anti-Semitic slurs during games
‘I get a lot of Jewish things… my nose, particularly,’ top NFL prospect says of trash talk he hears on field
By JTA
Tehran's Azadi Stadium. (Wikimedia commons)
March 1, 2018, 9:12 pm
Iran detains women for trying to enter football stadium during FIFA head visit
Gianni Infantina joined Iranian sports minister for annual Tehran derby as women posted letter on Twitter asking him to enforce FIFA rules on gender equality
By Sue Surkes
Phil Basser with his grandson Josh Potter at the Eagles’ NFC Championship game against the Minnesota Vikings in Philadelphia, January 21, 2018. (Courtesy of Fox 29 News)
January 25, 2018, 4:43 am
Jewish grandpa, 99, flies high as Eagles’ unofficial mascot
Phil Basser wins over Philly with nearly century-long wait to see his beloved team win the Super Bowl
By Ben Sales
Julian Edelman reading from his children’s book at the JCC of Greater Boston, Oct. 10, 2017. (Nikki Cole)
October 15, 2017, 1:05 am
Julian Edelman’s children’s book gets a Jewish makeover
New England Patriots football star reads a special edition of the volume he co-wrote last year to a crowd of 400 kids
By Penny Schwartz
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally for Alabama Republican Senator Luther Strange in Huntsville, Alabama, on September 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
September 23, 2017, 7:18 pm
Trump on NFL anthem protests: ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field’
US president calls for football teams to fire players that kneel during the national anthem, says it’s hurting league’s ratings
By Jill Colvin and Catherine Lucey
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