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Zevi Samet is a star of the Yeshiva University Maccabees men's basketball team. (Kodiak Creative/Jimmy Naprstek)
March 13, 2026, 1:33 pm
Yeshiva University fans gear up for Sweet Sixteen run — and a Shabbat in Atlanta
With YU’s men’s basketball team set to play in Division III March Madness regional semifinals for first time ever, fans flood to see them, challenging Emory’s home court advantage
By Joseph Strauss
Tulane quarterback Jake Retzlaff during the first half of an NCAA football game on September 20, 2025, in Oxford, Mississippi. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
December 5, 2025, 2:05 am
Jake Retzlaff, eyeing college football history, isn’t the only Jewish QB with big dreams
Across the country is Zevi Eckhaus, a Washington State quarterback who dons tefillin every morning, prays at the 18-yard line and hopes to set an example for Jewish fans
By Jon Marks and JTA
This 2024 photo provided by John Santoro shows, from left, Dr. Michael Groff, Karenna Groff, Dr. Joy Saini, and James Santoro. (Courtesy John Santoro via AP)
April 14, 2025, 3:19 pm
NY plane crash victims named as family heading to Passover, birthday celebrations
Karenna Groff, who received 2022 prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award, killed along with her partner, physician parents, brother and his partner as they headed to the Catskills
By Jake Offenhartz
Danny Wolf #1 of the Michigan Wolverines drives against Justin Rochelin #5 of the UC San Diego Tritons during the second half in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Ball Arena on March 20, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFP)
March 22, 2025, 4:47 am
US-Israeli basketball star Danny Wolf seeks glory in March Madness — and likely the NBA
The Michigan center hopes to take his team on a deep tournament run, but has bigger dreams of disrupting stereotypes about Jews and sports
By jacob gurvis
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: The Arizona Wildcats celebrate during the semifinal PAC-12 conference tournament game at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, March 11, 2022. (AAron Ontiveroz/ MediaNews Group/ The Denver Post via Getty Images via JTA)
August 13, 2023, 6:52 am
Abraham Accords inspire Arizona, Kansas State basketball teams to visit Israel, UAE
Organized by Athletes for Israel, the trip runs Aug. 9-20 and will cover tourist sites in both countries, including the Western Wall, Yad Vashem and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
By jacob gurvis
Arnold Horween, right, and Ralph Horween, left, in 1919. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
May 29, 2023, 3:50 am
How Arnold Horween, an unsung Jewish Harvard hero, changed American sports
In his new book ‘Dyed in Crimson,’ Zev Eleff shows how years before Koufax or Greenberg hit the scene, one tenacious athlete jumped racial hurdles to achieve national acclaim
By jacob gurvis
Connecticut's Yarin Hasson (30) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against UNC Wilmington, November 18, 2022, in Storrs, Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
March 22, 2023, 12:12 pm
Israel’s next NBA superstar? Yarin Hasson nets UConn spot to play in March Madness
The 18-year-old from central Israel says the widely televised tourney is even bigger than he imagined. Though not seeing much playing time in his rookie season, opportunity awaits
By Ed Klajman
Head coach Bruce Pearl of the Auburn Tigers celebrates with his team after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide at Auburn Arena on February 01, 2022 in Auburn, Alabama (Michael Chang/Getty Images via JTA)
July 27, 2022, 11:24 am
US college basketball team set to tour Israel, West Bank
Auburn University men’s team will play exhibition games during Birthright-style visit; head coach: ‘Opportunity for them to open up their hearts, open their minds’
By jacob gurvis
Coach Elliot Steinmetz instructs his Yeshiva University men's basketball team during its historic 2019-20 season. (YU Athletics)
March 3, 2021, 10:15 pm
Yeshiva University men’s basketball team on 35-game winning streak
Maccabees’ series of victories is third longest in NCAA Division III basketball history; team hasn’t lost a game since last season’s opener
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Yeshiva forward Gabriel Leifer (4) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute guard John Wessel (25) battle for rebound during the first half in a first-round game at the men's Division III NCAA college basketball tournament at Johns Hopkins University's Goldfarb Gymnasium, March 6, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
March 6, 2020, 11:42 pm
In first, Yeshiva University men’s basketball team wins NCAA tournament game
Maccabees rout Worcester Polytechnic 102-78 in opening round of Division III competition, will play winner of Johns Hopkins-Penn State Harrisburg
By Ben Harris
Maccabees guard Eitan Halpert (15) jumps for a layup in the second half of the Skyline Conference semifinal game against Farmingdale State College at Yeshiva University in New York, Feb. 27, 2020. Yeshiva won 74-69, advancing to the championship game against Purchase College. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
March 6, 2020, 3:28 am
Yeshiva University team shunned by hotel over virus fears
Coach of basketball team complains of discrimination after Baltimore-area hotel cancels their reservation; student at school was one of first cases in New York
By AP
Illustrative image of Yeshiva University women's tennis team 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 10, 2018, 12:06 am
Yeshiva U women’s tennis team will play in NCAA Division III tournament
Team won Skyline Conference Championship 10-1 and will go up against Skidmore College on Friday
By JTA
Gabriel Leiter of Yeshiva University drives on a Purchase College defender in the Skyline Conference championship game, February 25, 2018. (Courtesy of Yeshiva University via JTA)
March 3, 2018, 1:01 am
Yeshiva University eliminated from NCAA Division III men’s basketball tourney
The Maccabees, who were making their first appearance in the national tournament, finish their season with a record of 18-11
By JTA
Basketball players in Yeshiva University Maccabees team celebrate their winning their first-ever Skyline Conference Championship on February 25, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 27, 2018, 5:34 pm
Yeshiva University basketball team won’t play on Shabbat
Athletic director says working with organizers to reschedule Saturday’s game to accommodate Modern Orthodox institution
By Judah Ari Gross
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