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basketball
Milken laments end of historic season after loss in state basketball playoffs
Ryan Torok
March 15, 2017
His shot at helping Israel’s team put them ‘On the Map’
Jewish Journal
November 22, 2016
In the summer of 1965, a lightning quick point guard out of the University of Illinois was selected 12th overall in the NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets (known today as the Washington Wizards).
With Amar’e Stoudemire’s help, Jerusalem looks to overtake Tel Aviv as Israel’s basketball capital
Jewish Journal
August 9, 2016
Jerusalem basketball fans know that when the owner of their team tweets a smiley face, the signing of a new player is about to be announced.
Stoudemire says he turned down ‘a lot of money’ to play in Israel
Jewish Journal
August 8, 2016
Amar’e Stoudemire, the former NBA star whose two-year deal with the Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem was announced last week, said he could have stayed in the NBA, but elected to play in the Jewish state instead.
Players have hoop dream to win money for Jerusalem hospital
Ryan Torok
July 6, 2016
Former USC basketball standout and Maccabi Tel Aviv star David Blu is headlining a team competing on behalf of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center in a $2 million, single-elimination, winner-take-all basketball tournament that kicks off on Saturday.
Give fired coach David Blatt a championship ring, Israeli lawmaker urges Cavs’ Jewish owner
Jewish Journal
June 22, 2016
An Israeli lawmaker reportedly has written to the Jewish owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers asking him to give a 2016 NBA championship ring to David Blatt, the team’s former head coach.
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