Liza Phillips with Gold Medal Liza Phillips and Gianna Duddy The USA Field Hockey team defeated Argentina to bring home GOLD in a nail-biting, TWO overtime, 6-5 shootout victory at the 21st Maccabiah games in Israel. After a scoreless first half, the Americans scored two unanswered goals in the third […]
Month: July 2022
The Sports World Comes to Jerusalem
The 21st Maccabiah opened with a parade of 10,000 athletes at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem with US President Joe Biden joining Israel’s President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid in attendance.
21st Maccabiah: Israel before the games
The American and Israeli flags were projected on the outside wall of the old city of Jerusalem, welcoming President Biden to the country. ©Mark D Phillips Israel is a beautiful land, full of history and misunderstood by all. Arriving a few days prior to the opening ceremonies for the 21st […]
Route 66, the baseball highway…
Jean Fruth captures the essence of baseball in GRASSROOTS BASEBALL: Route 66, her second coffee table book celebrating and promoting the amateur game with essays from baseball’s best.
Maccabiah returns to Israel
On Sunday, at Newark airport, seventeen women gathered with their coaches to leave for Israel and represent the United States playing field hockey at the 21st Maccabiah Games.
Duke Riley’s Death to the Living
The Brooklyn Museum Presents DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash, a Solo Exhibition by Artist Duke Riley on view through April 23, 2023.