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Baseball (MLB)--Scott Feldman (Jewish father) won his only start this season,
on April 1, as the Houston Astros defeated the NY Yankees 6-2. In the 6 2/3
innings he pitched, the Yankees were scoreless. Feldman gave up 2 hits,
walked 2 batters, and recorded 3 strikeouts. HIs $12 million salary this season
is the highest among Jewish sports stars in 2014. |
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Men's Basketball (NBA)--The Houston Rockets, with a 50-25 won-loss record,
just ended a three-game losing streak. On April 2, the Rockets lost to
Toronto, 103-107. Omri Casspi scored 8 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in 23
minutes off the bench for Houston. On April 4, the Rockets soared over
Oklahoma City, 111-107, but Casspi did not play. With just 7 games remaining
in the regular season, the 6'9" (2.06 Meters) forward has scored 2490 points in
321 games in his NBA career. |
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Women's Basketball (Israeli Elite League)--Elitzur Ramle won the semi-final
best-of-five series against Maccabi Ramat Chen, three games to one. On April 3,
Ramle defeated Ramat Chen 82-68. Naama Shafir scored two points in that
game. She grabbed 4 rebounds, dished off 6 assists, gave up 2 turnovers,
made 4 steals and commtted 3 personal fouls. They take on Ashdod in the finals,
which commence on April 7. |
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Women's Collegiate Ten-pin Bowling--Liat Vizenfeld was named the NEC Player
of the Year. Her team, the Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights, posted an 85-27
won-loss record for the 2013-14 season, and they will be competing in the NCAA
Championship tournament April 10-12. |
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Ice hockey (NHL)--Mike Cammalleri had a goal and an assist as the Calgary
Flames burned Tampa Bay by a score of 4-1 on April 3. On April 4, he scored
the game winning goal as the Florida flickered to the Flames, 2-1. The Flames
have a 33-38-7 record this season and Cammalleri has 43 points (26 goals and 17
assists) in 61 games. He has accumulated 500 points (236 goals and 264
assists) in 667 games in his career. |
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Women's Tennis (WTA)--Shahar Peer is ranked 88th in the World, and she has
a 4-7 singles won-loss record and a 3-2 doubles record this year. Thus far this
year, she has earned $84,239 in seven events she has played. |
