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Domantas Sabonis, Deni Avdija and Amari Bailey

The Jewish NBA players to watch as the 2024-2025 season tips off

Deni Avdija, the league’s only Israeli player, is entering his first season with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Israeli Deni Avdija sits out Yom Kippur NBA preseason game; Jewish BYU football player suits up

“I feel that the best way to start the season is by honoring Jewish tradition,” Avdija announced before the game.

The Jewish Sport Report: Where did Sandy Koufax go on Yom Kippur when he didn’t pitch? An investigation.

Plus, a Jewish guide to the NHL season.

Sandy Koufax famously didn’t pitch on Yom Kippur in 1965. But did he go to synagogue?

All the Jewish NHL players to watch in the 2024-2025 season

Meet the Mets postseason hero with a botched Hebrew tattoo

How Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein shaped basketball as we know it today

Dean Kremer, Harrison Bader, Alex Bregman and Max Fried

A Jewish guide to the 2024 MLB playoffs

Jewish MLB executive Chaim Bloom to lead St. Louis Cardinals beginning in 2026

The Jewish Sport Report: How the Chicago White Sox made a bad year even worse for Jewish fans

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