LOS ANGELES — Luke Aikins accomplished something Saturday night that no one else has ever done: he jumped out a helicopter 25,000 feet up in the air and landed in a net without a wingsuit or parachute. Aikins landed in a 100-by-100-foot net that was set up several stories above the ground in Big Sky […]
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The Game Isn’t Everything: The reality beyond the arena by Bruce Lowitt; Barstad Communications; © 2015; ISBN 978153-4981126; 285 pages, $14.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Bruce Lowitt is an all-around sportswriter who covered the big NFL games for the Associated Press, and, later in his career, regaled readers with stories about sports
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Bruce F. Lowitt, Donald H. Harrison, Sports & CompetitionsWith the Olympic Games set to open in Rio de Janeiro next week, the Israeli Mission to the United Nations on Thursday held the first of its kind memorial event at the UN to honor the Israeli athletes murdered in the attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics. Michal Shahar, the daughter of slain Olympic shooting
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsA Brazilian man has been arrested on terrorism charges just over a week from the Olympics after he posted comments online about the Islamic State group, his lawyer said Thursday. Chaer Kaloun, 28, a Brazilian of Lebanese descent, was “taken overnight to Ary Franco prison in Rio and arrested for having posted comments on Islamic
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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions(Statistics through July 25) Alex Bregman Photo courtesy pressbox.mlb.com Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler reached the 20-home run mark for the first time since 2011. The fifth-inning shot tied the July 21 game with the host Chicago White Sox, 1-1. The Tigers won, 21, in a rain-shortened seven innings. Ryan Braun hit his 14th
-67th in a Series- Exit 65, Boulevard, California ~ Rough Acres Ranch By Donald H. Harrison BOULEVARD, California—Whatever developers may someday build on the Rough Acres Ranch, it will be remembered by pro football fans as the place where San Diego Chargers Head Coach Sid Gillman decided to conduct the team’s 1963 summer training camp. Gillman
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San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsIn a telling op-ed titled, “I Can No Longer Stay Silent,” famous athlete Michael Jordan broke his silence concerning the massive national conversation about police brutality and race relations on Monday. “I know this country is better than that, Jordan stated, “and I can no longer stay silent.” You can read the entire op-ed at
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Sports & Competitions, USABerlin (dpa) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday decided against a ban of all Russian athletes from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in connection with allegations of widespread and state-organized doping. The IOC said after an executive board teleconference it will leave the final decision on Russians to compete at the August 5-21
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International, Sports & CompetitionsIsraeli Sports and Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) has said she will not attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Brazil this year, due to it falling too close to the Sabbath. The ceremony is due to take place on Friday, August 5, and would necessitate her traveling back after sundown – the
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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions(Statistics through July 12) The July 12 All-Star game in San Diego represented the unofficial halfway point of the baseball season. So here’s a look at how the minyan of Jewish Major Leaguers — not all of whom are still on big league rosters — have fared so far. Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers: Has appeared
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Sports & CompetitionsIf Remigio Pereira’s performance the other night at Major League Baseball’s all-star game in San Diego is not a sign of the coming apocalypse, it’s at least one of the madness currently sweeping the planet. Pereira is – was? – one of The Tenors quartet, formerly The Canadian Tenors, and he had a pretty dishy
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsSAN DIEGO — In the moments after the second inning ended, after two baseballs had soared 762 feet into the cool sea air and the American League had seized control of this All-Star Game, Eric Hosmer bounced around inside the first-base dugout. He clapped his hands three times and nodded his head. The Royals’ first
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Sports & Competitions, USAIsraeli NBA player Omri Casspi joins the list of Israeli celebrities publicly displaying their ties to Judaism and Jewish practice. Omri Casspi praying Screenshot/Instagram Casspi posted a picture to his Instagram account in which he is seen wearing Tefilin and a Tallit (prayer shawl), and praying in the morning sunlight. In the caption to the
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Jewish Religion, Sports & CompetitionsHere are some news articles and press releases of interest received at the offices of San Diego Jewish World: Legislation adopted to combat terror financing WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) helped pass on Monday night a series of smart, targeted proposals to combat the illicit financing of terrorist groups, arms and
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