June 20, 2003--Gabe Kapler, sent to the minors on June 17, was given his unconditional release by Colorado yesterday.

June 11, 2003--Top Jewish draftees in last week's MLB draft include University of Florida C Brian Rose (14th round, Arizona), Great Neck, NY 2B Adam Unger (29th round, New York Yankees) and Cal-Berkeley P Brian Horwitz (26th round, Oakland).

June 2, 2003--Applications for the Pan American Maccabi junior boys USA squad are now being accepted. The Games, which will take place Dec 24, 2003-Jan 5, 2004 in Santiago, Chile. For more information, please contact coach Brian Schiff at bschiff@comcastsportsnet.com or go to maccabiusa.com.

May 9, 2003--Yavneh Academy guard Ian "Itzy" Ribald was named first-team All-State. The orthodox 6-2 sharpshooter averaged 33 ppg this season. Learn more about Itzy here.

April 30, 2003--In the NFL Draft held last weekend, only one Jewish gridiron star was drafted: DE Antonio Garay of Boston College, who fell to the Browns in the 5th round due to injuries. LB Ben Mahdavi of Washington and OL Mike Saffer of UCLA were signed by the Falcons as undrafted free agents.

April 15, 2003--Last weekend, Deena Drossin, who has been running marathons for less than 2 years, took 5 seconds off the 18 year old record of Joan Benoit running 2:21.16 to place third in the London Marathon. Drossin smashed her previous personal best of 2:26.53.

April 9, 2003--Paul Goldstein posted the best results of an American at last week's 2003 Pensacola Men's Futures, reaching--but, unfortunately, losing--the finals in both singles and doubles.

April 7, 2003--Longtime Bulls' GM Jerry Krause resigned today, citing undisclosed minor healthy problems. Krause had been the Chicago GM since 1985.