Winter Olympic Update: Not too many Jewish athletes in this year's Winter Games in Sochi. Team USA's Simon Shnapir, who is Jewish, won a bronze medal in figure skating along with partner Marissa Castelli. | |
Women's Collegiate Ten-pin Bowling--The Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights cancelled their trip to Houston because of inclement weather. Liat Vizenfeld and her teammates will be competing in a tournament on March 1--2 in Mineola, NY. | |
Men's Golf (PGA Champions Tour)--Bruce Fleisher had a 64th place finish in the ACE Group Classic. He has made the cut in both tournaments he has played in 2014, and has earnings of $9040. | |
Women's Golf (LPGA)--Morgan Pressel finished in 6th place in the Honda Women's Australia Open. She had rounds of 69, 68, 70 and 72 and was 9 under par for the event. Morgan has made the cut in both events she has played this year, has a scoring average of 69.625, and earnings of $57,013. | |
Ice Hockey--In the Coventry Blaze's 4-2 victory over the Braehead Clan on Feb 16 in the British EIHL, Adam Henrich scored a goal and was assessed 2 penalty minutes. His brother, Michael Henrich had 3 assists in that contest. In 40 games played, Michael has 45 points (13 goals and 32 assists). Adam has 57 points (21 goals and 36 assists) and 108 penalty minutes in 35 games. | |
Men's and Women's Basketball--In the NBA, Omri Casspi and the Houston Rockets take on the LA Lakers in California on Wed Feb 19. Also on Feb 19, Naama Shafir and Elitzur Ramle have a home game against Ashdod in the Israeli Women's Elite League. Through the first game of the playoffs, both teams are leading the league with identical 15-2 won-loss records. |