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Jewish quarterback Jake Retzlaff to play at Tulane after BYU suspension

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer July 25, 2025July 25, 2025

(JTA) — The first athlete to notch a Manischewitz endorsement is transferring from a university with just a handful of Jewish students to a school with one of the highest […]

Bay Area Panthers Team President David Eisenberg. (Courtesy of Bay Area Panthers)
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‘Constant action’: Former 49ers exec heads indoors with Bay Area Panthers

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Jewish NFL players to watch this season, including Cal’s ‘Bear Jew’

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis August 31, 2023
From the cover of "Dyed in Crimson" by Zev Eleff
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Before Koufax, there was Arnold Horween, a Jewish Harvard football captain who changed American sports

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis May 15, 2023
(Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel; Images/Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1953, Creative Commons)
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Can a Jewish fan watch the Super Bowl with a clean conscience? The rabbis had thoughts.

Rabba Yaffa Epstein by Rabba Yaffa Epstein and JTA February 10, 2023February 10, 2023
A Tel Aviv Pioneer player hurdles an opponent in an American Football in Israel game. (Photo/JTA-Doron Dotan)
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‘Hebrew in the huddle’: American football kicks off another season in Israel

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA January 20, 2023January 20, 2023
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Greg Joseph, the NFL’s only Jewish kicker, talks game-winning field goals — and his love for the Jewish community

by Emily Burack and JTA November 23, 2021
Tennis player Larry Scott is one of five 2021 Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California inductees.
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Meet the 2021 inductees to the NorCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 15, 2021October 15, 2021
a smiling black woman in a red shirt leans on a tree
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49ers draft Jew of color to tackle diversity

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Julian Edelman, Jewish Bay Area native and NFL star wide receiver, announces retirement

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