September 19, 2002--Applications for the USA junior boys basketball team are now being accepted. Click here for more information.

September 15, 2002--Israeli Anna Smashnova breezed to a 6-2, 6-3 win of Anna Kournikova in the Shangai Open. Smashnova was the top seed in the WTA event.

September 11, 2002--Yesterday, with 6+ innings of shutout ball, Marlin P Justin Wayne notched his first career major league victory over the Phillies.

September 6, 2002--Tonight at sundown, we usher in Rosh Hashana. JewishSports.com would like to wish its readers a healthy and sweet new year. L'Shana Tova!

September 3, 2002--New Marlin Justin Wayne will get his first major league start tonight in New York versus the Mets. Good luck, Justin!

August 29, 2002--In US Open play this week, Israelis Anna Smashnova, Noam Okun and Harel Levy all won and advanced to the second round. Also, the doubles team of Israeli Amir Hadad and Pakistani Aisam Qureshi advanced with a win yesterday.

August 25, 2002--Georgia Tech senior Shilo Ayalon was named to the ACC's 50th anniversary Men's Swimming and Diving team last week. Ayalon earned All-America honors in 2002 in the 1650 freestyle and is a four time All-ACC honoree. He is joined on the 2003 Rambling Wreck H20 squad by fellow Israelis Yonatan Cohen and Ofir Sorias, both freshman and sophomre Itai Eden.

August 25, 2002--This past week's highly anticipated battle between Marion Jones and Zhanna Pintusevich-Block in the 100m in London in their first head-to-head matchup of the season ended with Jones winning easily in 10.97, while Pintusevich-Block finished 2nd in 11.11.

August 15, 2002--At the US Swimming Championships in Ft. Lauderdale, Jason Lezak and Anthony Ervin placed first (22.34) and second (22.35), respectively in the 50m freestyle. Lezak added a first place finish in the 100m freestyle, while Olympic star Lenny Krayzelburg was upset in the 100m backstroke and placed second.

August 15, 2002--Jeff Horowitz, a 6-9, 210 lb power forward from Charlotte who recently drew interest from Stanford and North Carolina State, verbally committed Tuesday to the College of Charleston.

August 11, 2002--Israeli Alex Averbukh took gold in the pole vault in the European Championships in Munich yesterday. The emotional win came one day before a memorial service for the 11 Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

August 9, 2002--The 4x200m Freestyle Relay squad from Hapoel Jerusalemn set the Israeli record at the Israeli National Swimming Champoionships earlier this week. The team of Shilo Ayalon, Yoav Gath, Ehud Daktar and Miki Halika set the new recrod at 7:39.99.

August 6, 2002--The first two host cities of the 2002 JCC Maccabi Games, Memphis and Omaha, have begun their competitions, which will continue until August 9th. The three other host cities, Baltimore, Montreal and Springfield, will follow in the coming weeks. For updates, go to the JCC Maccabi website.

July 28, 2002--Tamir Goodman, the orthodox former Baltimore area HS hoops star, has signed a 3 year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv. To get the 20 year old Goodman more playing time, Maccabi has loaned him to Hapoel Givat Shmuel for the first year of the contract. The team also signed USC alum David Bluthenthal to a 2 year contract.

July 22, 2002--Philly statistician Harvey Pollack has been named the 2002 recipient of the Bunn Award, the Basketball Hall of Fame's highest honor. Pollack, 80, has worked with the NBA since 1946 and is currently the head scorekeeper for the 76ers.

July 18, 2002--Jennifer Gross, a former UC Davis star, was named an assistant coach for SDSU's women's basketball team. Gross, whose professional career included stints in Israel and Denmark, is a San Diego native.

July 15, 2002-Fins' QB Jay Fiedler had surgery over the weekend on his injured left hip, He is expected to make a full recovery and be able to play in the preseason.

July 13, 2002--Former Stanford great Justin Wayne, a first round pick in 2000, was sent to the Florida Marlins yesterday as part of the Cliff Floyd trade. The right-handed Wayne was 4-1 2.34 at AA Harrisburg and will be assigned to AA Portland.

July 11, 2002--Despite losing in the first round at Wimbledon, Anna Smashnova moved up one spot to 16 in the WTA rankings and continues to set records as the highest ranked Israeli tennis player.

July 11, 2002--Yogev Yosef and Shahaf Amir won gold yesterday in the double-handed 470-class event at thge World Sailing Games in France.

July 9, 2002--With the Orlando Summer League starting tonight, David Bluthenthal looks to make a good impression on Pat Riley and the rest of the Heat staff. He's one of 17 players on the roster looking to make the preseason squad. Elsewhere 6-11 Rice alum Alex Bougaieff is on the Celtics' summer squad.

July 7, 2002--In Greece this weekend, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block posted the world's fastest 100m time in 2002, with a 10.84, her second fastest time ever.

July 6, 2002--In last week's NHL Entry Draft, American Eric Nystrom, son of former Islander Bobby Nystrom, was the 10th pick by the Calgary Flames, while Canadians Adam Heinrich (2nd round) and Robert Gherson (5th round) were went to the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Washington Capitals, respectively. Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history, surpassing Heinrich's brother Michael, who was picked 13th by Edmonton in 1998. Additionally, OHL star winger Cory Pecker, who was undrafted despite 53 goals in the minor league, signed with the Mighty Ducks

July 6, 2002--With former Depaul commit Marcus White taking UConn's last scholie, it appears 6-8 Israeli Yaniv Green will head to Berkeley to play for Ben Braun, unless he remains in Israel to play professionally.

July 2, 2002--QB David Koral has decided to transfer from Vanderbilt since the new coach is bringing in an option offense. Koral will play at Santa Monica CC in his native Southern California in the fall, then transfer back to a 1A school and have three years to play.

July 1, 2002--Two more Israeli hoopsters are heading to US colleges for the 2002-03 season. Moshe Ya'akosi, a 21 yr old 6-8 PF, is headed to Fordham, while 6-2 PG Danny Hazut, a player on last year's under-21 national team, which placed 6th in the world, will attend Pepperdine. Ya'akosi will likely receive 3 years of eligibility while Hazut is expected to get 2. They will both likely be major contributors.

June 30, 2002--Israeli Amir Hadad and Pakistani Aisamul Haq Qureshi made it to the 3rd round of Wimbledon men's doubles with a win Friday. However, despite the team's success, both on the grass and as an example of co-existence, the Pakistani government, displaying its clear anti-Israel bias, officially condemned Qureshi's playing with an Israeli and stated that he may face a ban.

June 26, 2002--Rami Zur, a former Israeli olympian now rowing for the US, won a gold medal in the 500m at the kayaking World Cup earlier this week.

June 26, 2002--UCLA freshman Jeremy Silverman placed 2nd in the shot put with a personal best of 63-5 and 7tn in the discus at last week's USA Jr. T&F Championships. His 2nd place showing in the shot qualified him to represent the US in the World Jr. Championships.

June 25, 2002--Israeli Izchak Ohanon signed a letter of intent with St. Louis University, the school announced. Ohanon, a 6-9 forward, is expected to have 2 years of eligibility as he is already 22 years old.