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Here is Team Israel’s full World Baseball Classic roster

The team enters the international tournament with 15 players with Major League Baseball experience.

Ideas

Can a Jewish fan watch the Super Bowl with a clean conscience? The rabbis had thoughts.

Jewish text grappled with the violent nature of sport, writes a scholar and educator at The Jewish Education Project.

Kyrie Irving says he has Jewish family members, stands by deleting apology post

Irving said he apologized “because I care about my family and I have Jewish members of my family that care for me deeply.”

Kyrie Irving traded to Dallas Mavericks, whose Jewish owner Mark Cuban spoke out on antisemitism scandal

The Jewish Sport Report: A deep dive into Jewish memory with Rocky Balboa

A Jewish expert on monuments on what Philly’s famous Rocky Balboa statue can teach us about memory

NBA player Meyers Leonard opens up on his antisemitism scandal to Jewish ESPN reporter

The Jewish Sport Report: Orthodox NBA prospect Ryan Turell’s New York homecoming

Yeshiva University fans prepare to welcome back Ryan Turell for his first G League game in New York — right after Shabbat

The Jewish Sport Report: American football is on the rise in Israel

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