Selected 12th overall in the 1965 National Basketball Association draft, Tal Brody passed on the American Dream so he could help change the landscape of Israeli sports—turning down the Baltimore Bullets for a spot on Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant reportedly held a private training session at a Jewish Community Center in Irvine, Ca.
A longtime assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University was put on administrative leave on Thursday after police reopened an investigation of alleged inappropriate behavior with a ball boy.
Omri Casspi of the NBA\’s Cleveland Cavaliers has signed with his former Israeli team, Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Call it circumstantial Zionism. There’s been a recent uptick in North American aliyah — of basketball players.
A Florida Jewish day school is hiring former NBA All-Star Kenny Anderson to coach its boys\’ basketball team.
The Sacramento Kings\’ Omri Casspi will not sign with his former Israeli basketball team during the NBA lockout after all.
Jordan Farmar of the New Jersey Nets has signed to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv.\n
Former Duke University standout, Jon Scheyer, has signed to play with Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Scheyer, who led the Blue Devils to an NCAA title in 2010, played most recently for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Developmental League.
Early Sunday morning on Mothers Day, as my brother and I prepared breakfast for our mom, I also prepared myself for the special day ahead. In addition to celebrating my mom, my family would also gather in our den to watch Maccabi Tel Aviv play Greece’s Panathinaikos for the Euroleague’s Basketball Championship. Proudly wearing my Maccabi t-shirt, I thought how strange it felt that on the day we are watching Maccabi compete for the European basketball championship, that night, we would attend the Israeli Consulate’s Yom Hazikaron ceremony.
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