March 18, 2002--Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, who shocked Olympic champion Marion Jones at the World Championships in the 100m, was named Ukrainian Sports Person of the Year Saturday. She is the first female track athlete ever to win the coveted award.

March 14, 2002--In arguably the largest sports victory in the history of the State of Israel, Hapoel Tel Aviv beat perennial European football powerhouse AC Milan 1-0 today in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup. Play continues March 21st in Milan.

March 14, 2002--Deena Drossin broke the U.S. record for a 15-kilometer road race last week, winning the Gate River Run in 48 minutes, 14 seconds.The race served as the national championship for the distance, which Drossin now has won three straight times, the first woman to do so.

March 12, 2002--Eric Lucas' win over Vinny Pazienza recently has led to a change of Rosenblatt's 2002 schedule. With a shot at Lucas' WBC super middleweight title likely later in the year, Rosenblatt will push back his tuneup fight, and will instead provide the color for the March 22 fight card on which he was originally scheduled.

March 10, 2002--Amit Tamir, a 22 year old Jerusalemite, whose 10.6 ppg rank 2nd on the 21st ranked Cal squad, was named to the Pac 10 All-Freshman squad, despite missing much of the pre-conference schedule because of an NCAA eligibility ruling.

March 10, 2002--The UEFA has decided that Hapoel Tel Aviv's quarterfinal battle with AC Milan will be played in Nicosia, as a result of the violence in Israel, despite arguments from numerous members of the Israeli government, including Ariel Sharon. The game will take place at the GSP stadium on March 14 at 9pm.

March 4, 2002--Great Neck, NY's Sarah Hughes' Gold Medal victory in Salt Lake City was the first ever Olympic figure skating gold for a Jewish athlete.

February 28, 2002--Hapoel Tel Aviv became the first Israeli team to reach the UEFA Cup quarterfinals with a 2-1 upset win in Parma last night. The team faces Italian giant AC Milan in the next round.

February 26, 2002--After 15 months off, Dana Rosenblatt is returning to action March 22nd in his hometown of Boston. The opponent has yet to be determined.

February 23, 2002--Amy Hughes, the mother ofSarah Hughes, the 16 year old Long Island native who won gold Thursday night in figure skating, is Jewish. Our sources have not yet confirmed whether Sarah was raised Jewish, but we'll be sure to post any details when we receive them.

February 19, 2001--Sasha Cohen skated to a 3rd place finish in tonight's short program, leaving her in solid position to compete for a gold leading into Thursday's free skating competition.

February 17, 2002--After shooting a 6 under 65 on Saturday, Bruce Fleisher took a 1 stroke lead into the final round of the Verizon Classic. A win would be his 15th in just 4 years on the Senior Tour. Good luck today, Bruce!

February 17, 2002--After struggling for most of the season, USC F David Bluthenthal has emerged from his slump with two big performances back-to-back: 21 points in the Trojans' win over Arizona St on Thursday and 31 in last night's win over 9th ranked Arizona.

February 14, 2002--Mazel tov to QB Jay Fiedler who re-signed with the Dolphins for 5 years and $24.5M, including a $4M signing bonus. Fiedler is coming off leading Miami to back-to-back 11 win seasons, the best consecutive years for the team since the 84 and 85 seasons.

February 11, 2002--In a big win over St. John's this past weekend, Pitt's Laine Selwyn posted the school's first triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. For her efforts, she was named co-Big East Player of the Week. Also on the hardwood, in Cal's 107-103 OT win over 15th ranked Oregon, Israeli Amit Tamir tallied 39 points and 5 rebounds. The 6'10" freshman is averaging 12.1 ppg and was named PAC 10 player of the week for his efforts.

January 31, 2002--In a tough 75-71 loss to Syracuse, Pitt junior G Laine Selwyn recorded her fourth straight double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds, while adding 7 assists. The Coral Springs, FL native is averaging 13.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.7 assists (10th in NCAA) per game. Elsewhere, Duquesne G Shiri Sharon is 13th in assists with 6.6 a contest.

January 26, 2002--Oakland DL Josh Taves was not protected and will be available for the expansion Houston Texans in the upcoming expansion draft to be held on February 18th.

January 24, 2002--Dan Weinstein has qualified for the short course 5k relay in the upcoming Salt Lake City Games. The Harvard student also competed in the Nagano Games.

January 20, 2002--Israeli swimmers set 5 new national records in Paris this weekend while winning a total of 4 medals. Also, American Jason Lezak took home the gold medal in the 100m freestyle.

January 14, 2002--Israel's Anna Smashnova upset top seed Tamarine Tanasugarn 7-5, 7-6 last weekend to win the Canberra Classic women's tennis tournament. It is her 4th career WTA title.

January 13, 2002--Californian Sasha Cohen skated a spirited and courageous routine to a silver medal in yesterday's US Figure Skating Championships. She finished in the same spot in 2000.

January 8, 2002--Michigan senior K/P Hayden Epstein has been invited to the prestigous Senior Bowl, to be played January 26th in Mobile, AL. Epstein, a 2000 Ray Guy Award finalist, averaged 40 yards per punt in his Wolverine career and owns the school record with 4 caeer FGs over 50 yards.