Tag: Israel Olympic Team
Todd Frazier brings passion, power to US Olympic baseball
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — Sitting in the dugout at tiny Yogi Berra Stadium as he prepared to play for the Frontier League’s Sussex County...
Baz, Kazmir, Starling join Frazier for US Olympic baseball
NEW YORK — Tampa Bay pitching prospect Shane Baz, 37-year-old left-hander Scott Kazmir and outfielder Bubba Starling were among 10 additions Friday to the...
Woodruff out, Huck in for US mountain bike team in Tokyo
U.S. mountain bike champion Chloe Woodruff withdrew from the American team headed to the Olympics this month and was replaced by Erin Huck, who...
Better baseball players have less chance for Olympic gold
While most Olympic events are a competition among the best, the better you are in baseball, the less of a chance you have of...
US to open Olympic baseball against Israel on July 30
Host Japan will open the Olympic baseball tournament against the Dominican Republic at Fukushima on July 28, and Mike Scioscia's U.S. team will start...
Dominicans beat Venzeuela, get final Olympic baseball berth
Melky Cabrera sparked a comeback from a three-run deficit with a two-run homer, and the Dominican Republic claimed the final Olympic baseball berth by...
Chasing baseball gold: Israeli team has big dreams for Tokyo
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Danny Valencia ducked out of the scorching Arizona sun, reached into a cooler to grab an ice-cold drink and took a...
Iran gets 4-year ban from world judo over anti-Israel policy
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Iran was suspended by judo’s world governing body on Thursday as punishment for refusing to let its athletes face opponents from...
Dave Wallace to be Mike Scioscia’s Olympic pitching coach
CARY, N.C. — Dave Wallace will be Mike Scioscia's pitching coach when the U.S. manager tries to qualify his team for the Olympic baseball...
Activists call for IOC to sanction Iran Olympic program
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A group of athletes and human rights activists is calling on the IOC to sanction Iran's Olympic program for what it...
