March 18, 2003--Clemson head basketball coach Larry Shyatt resigned yesterday after his Tigers failed to secure an NIT bid. Shyatt was 15-13 this year and had a 70-84 record in 5 years at Clemson.

March 14, 2003--One Canadian and two Americans have established a two-man bobsled team that they hope will compete for Israel in the next winter Olympics. David Greaves of Winnipeg, and Aaron Zeff and John Frank, both of San Francisco, have received authorization from the Israeli Olympic Committee. All three have applied for Israeli citizenship. Their newly formed Israeli Bobsled Federation has invented a new Hebrew word for bobsled, "mizchelet bob," based on the Hebrew word for sled, mizchelet.

February 28, 2003--American Sasha Cohen topped a tough field at the Skating Grand Prix in St. Petersburg, Russia.

February 28, 2003--Maryland bound G Shay Doron, a 5-8 senior at Christ The King in Queens, NY was named to the McDonald's All American East Team. Doron, an Israeli native, has averaged 17 pts/game this year on a team featuring an astonishing 7 D-1 signees.

February 21, 2003--Longtime LA Dodger Sandy Koufax has severed his ties with the team and will not be at spring training in Dodgertown this year. The break is based on Koufax's anger over a gossip report in the New York Post, which is owned by Dodger owner News Corp.

February 19, 2003--Deena Drossin won her 6th career cross-country long course national title last weekend by dominating the field in Houston. Drossin completed the muddy, hilly 8 km course in 24:40.

February 16, 2003--Israeli Amir Hada and Pakistani Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, the unheralded and unlikely doubles team who made it to the third round of Wimbledon last summer, were awarded the Arthur Ashe Humaunitarian Award last week.

February 7, 2003--Kansas St junior field star Rebekah Green smashed a school record in the shot put by 11 inches last week with a throw of 56ft 8 in.

January, 30, 2003--Cal-Irvine senior guard Wendy Gabbe was selected as the Big West Player of the Week after leading UCI to victories over Pacific and Cal State Northridge. Gabbe made 55% from 3 pt range in two games. For the week, she averaged 20.0 pts, 4.5 rebs, 2.5 asts and 2.5 stls per game. She played 74 minutes without committing a turnover. It is her 2nd career honor.

January 21, 2003--In only the 4th matchup between two teams with Jewish owners, Sunday's Super Bowl matches Oakland's Al Davis and Tampa Bay's Malcolm Glazer. The winner will be the third straight Super Bowl winner owned by a Jew.

January 20, 2003--Jason Lezak won the 50M free for the second week in a row at the third stop of the 2002-2003 FINA World Cup series in Shanghai this past weekend.

January 13, 2003--Deena Drossin finished 2nd in Track and Field News' 2002 ranking of female marathoners. The Californian capped off a spectacular season with a personal best run of 2:26:53 in Chicago. Drossin's time was the fastest by an American this season.

January 12, 2003--Newly married Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi will be the only Israeli to take part in this year's Australian Open after all the other Israelis were knocked out in the qualifying rounds.

January 12, 2003--Junior Middleweight Yuri Foreman scored a unanimous 6-round decision (60-54) over Andrey Trunov at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino Friday night. The Brooklyn based boxer is 7-0 and plans to move up to 8-rounders next month. Foreman won the fight with nice combination series and a strong right that bloodied his opponent's nose and forehead. Stay tuned for more on the former Soviet immigrant.

January 6, 2003--Sid Gillman, the "father of modern-day passing" in football, passed away this past weekend at age 91. Gillman, whose coaching career spanned 6 decades, was as influential as any coach in the history of college or pro football. Our thoughts go out to his wife, Esther, their 4 children and 8 grandchildren.

December 31, 2002- For the second time in three weeks, University of Pittsburgh senior guard Laine Selwyn has been named Big East Conference Player of the Week after she posted her second career triple-double in a 104-78 win over Norfolk State this past weekend.Selwyn is leading the team in points (15.2 avg., rebounds (6.2), assists (7.2) and steals (2.8), and is also hitting a league-best 91 percent from the free-throw line.