Zach Hyman of the Edmonton Oilers joins the NHL’s exclusive 50-goal club, joining the fabulous Hughes brothers—Jack, Luke, and Quinn—and N.Y. Rangers defenseman Adam Fox in the league’s ranks of elite, bar mitzvahed talent. Add in Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman, and you’ve got hockey’s first all-Jewish All Star team.
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Tonight’s likely faceoff between the Braves’ Max Fried and the Astros’ Alex Bregman in game 2 of the fall classic is a critical matchup of baseball’s two biggest Jewish stars
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