Basketball team scores big

By Ed Rothenberg Contributing Writer I started the group for older players about five years ago. We meet three mornings a week and play very competitive full court basketball. We played basketball in our youth. My high school team won the Chicago championship, and I got a basketball scholarship to the University of Cincinnati. It [ Read More...]

By Uri Fintzy Jewish Telegraphic Agency FORT WORTH, Texas (JTA) — In Texas, they say, high school athletics are a religion. But last weekend the saying took on a new meaning. The Robert M. Beren Academy, a small Modern Orthodox school in Houston, had captured national headlines during the week. Its boys’ basketball team had [ Read More...]

By JTA Staffer Jewish Telegraphic Agency FORT WORTH, Texas (JTA)—The Robert M. Beren Academy of Houston lost, 46-42, to Abilene Christian in the 2A private and parochial boys basketball state championship game. Down by 11 points early in the fourth quarter, Beren closed the deficit to three with two minutes to play but could not [ Read More...]

By Ben Harris Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (JTA) — Chris Cole, the coach of the boys’ basketball team at the Robert M. Beren Academy in Houston, says his squad is peaking coming off its 27-point victory in the state tournament quarterfinals. Apparently the Stars, who with a record of 24-5 are having the best [ Read More...]

By Yehoshua Mizrachi Cincinnati had such high hopes for the Bengals in 2010. We all watched as those dreams turned into a nightmare. Painstaking game by painstaking game the fan base became more despondent. At the end of the season they were glad for it to be over. Many were turning their backs on the [ Read More...]

By Yehoshua Mizachi Assitant Editor Who Dey Nation should savor the 23-20 victory of our Cincinnati Bengals over the Buffalo Bills. This past Sunday I saw things I never thought I’d see during the Mike Brown era at Paul Brown Stadium. I saw a head coach get schooled by a legend and learn from it. [ Read More...]