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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — For baseball aficionados, the name Sandy Koufax is almost mythical. In the 1960s Koufax put together what is generally considered the greatest span of five seasons for a pitcher in Major ...

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 ...

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 ...

Starting in December and ending on Opening Day, Joe Posnanski will count down the 100 greatest baseball players by publishing an essay on a player every day for 100 days. In all, this project will ...

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 ...

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 ...