As a kid, Jane Leavy was an anomaly — a Jewish baseball fan who didn’t root for Sandy Koufax. Blame her grandmother, who lived around the corner from Yankee Stadium and bought Leavy her first baseball ...

On April 24, 1962, Hall-of-Famer and Los Angeles Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax set a Major League record with 18 strikeouts in a complete game. The Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs, 10-2, at Wrigley ...

Midrash is text behind the biblical text. It helps bring biblical stories to life so Jews can better engage with their religion. But Midrash, in many cases, can feel like reality. Rabbis often teach ...

For many Jews, Yom Kippur is our most meaningful holiday. There is the haunting melody of Kol Nidre, the poignancy of Yizkor, the elation of breaking the fast with friends and family, and, for some of ...

Any experienced reader of baseball biographies would know that when Jane Leavy began her book about Sandy Koufax, she was already behind in the count. Strike one: most baseball biographies are about ...

The New York Post apologized to Sandy Koufax and retracted a gossip column item that caused the Hall of Fame pitcher to end his 48-year relationship with the Dodgers. The Post and the Dodgers are both ...

Larry talks with author, and former award-winning sportswriter for The Washington Post, Jane Leavy about her new book, Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy (HarperCollins), a biography of the Hall of Fame ...

He called every pitch of Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965. After 10 seasons playing in the majors, he skippered the White Sox and the Mets. By Michael S. Rosenwald Even as the sport and the country ...