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Max Fried pitches in Game 6 of the 2021 World Series

Max Fried pitches Atlanta Braves to first World Series win in 26 years

World Series Game 6 contained what might have been the most Jewish play in any Major League Baseball matchup ever.

Pitcher Tyler Herron and catcher Ryan Lavarnway

Tyler Herron, former Team Israel pitcher, dies at 35

Herron, who spent 16 years in the minor leagues, called pitching for Team Israel “the best experience I’ve ever had in baseball.”

Joc Pederson, Max Fried and Alex Bregman

4 Jewish baseball players could make or break the 2021 World Series

Billiards legend JoAnn Mason Parker is in a Jewish Sports Hall of Fame — now she’s plotting a competitive comeback

Dolph Schayes named one of the NBA’s 75 best all-time players

Jack Hughes in action for the New Jersey Devils

The NHL has a historically good set of Jewish hockey players right now

Amar’e Stoudemire — player, coach, kosher winemaker — adds ‘farmer’ to his list of post-basketball careers

A screenshot from a Lost Tribe Esports tournament where participants played Rocket League, a game in which flying cars play soccer. (Screenshot)

22% of adult Jewish gamers faced antisemitic harassment while playing, survey finds

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