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NBA fines Meyers Leonard $50,000 for using anti-Semitic slur

NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who is Jewish, said Leonard spoke Wednesday with Anti-Defamation League officials.

Julian Edelman invites Meyers Leonard to Shabbat dinner after the NBA player apologizes for anti-Semitic slur

“Casual ignorance is harder to combat and has greater reach, especially when you command great influence,” Edelman wrote in an open letter.

NBA player Meyers Leonard caught using anti-Semitic slur on video game platform

The Miami Heat 7-footer used the word “kike” while playing a “Call of Duty” on the Twitch platform. He apologized Tuesday night.

Sam Fuld played for Team Israel’s cinderella team. Now he’s trying to revamp the Philadelphia Phillies from the front office.

Diego Schwartzman becomes emotional after finally winning hometown Argentina Open

Deni Avdija named to NBA’s Rising Stars team

Yeshiva University men’s basketball is on a 35-game winning streak

Story of friendship between Israeli and Iranian judo champions being made into TV show

Iran’s international judo ban for avoiding Israeli athletes is dropped

Zach Banner and other Black athletes hold online panel about fighting anti-Semitism

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