Over the past week or so, while reading headlines in the sports section of different publications, I could not avoid the growing list of articles about violence. It started with Delmon Young, the MLB player who was sentenced to a trip to the Jewish Museum of Tolerance, then moved on to Tottenham fans attacked in Italy the night before the team’s match with Lazio, and ended with a bunch of news items from Israel about violence during games of all sorts. When reading the sports news from Israel, one cannot …More

While the sports world was talking about Delmon Young’s anti-Semitic slurs and his court-ordered tour of the Museum of Tolerance in New York City, another athlete, a Jewish boxer, was being accepted into the Russian Jewish Museum of Tolerance. Dmitriy Salita’s story was celebrated last week at the museum in Russia, where he met Israeli President Shimon Peres. Salita immigrated with his family to Brooklyn from Odessa, during the “Perestroika” period. Brooklyn is where he found his love for …More

Delmon Young is proof that anti-Semitism is still a problem in the United States. The 27-yr-old MLB outfielder pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated harassment for shouting an anti-Semitic slur and tackling a man to the ground outside a New York City hotel last spring. The alleged events occurred in April, when the Tigers were in town to play the New York Yankees. Young apologized to his team and was suspended without pay for seven days by Major League Baseball, costing him approximately $257,240 of his …More

Delmon Young, the Detroit Tigers outfielder who was arrested in New York for allegedly attacking a group of men and making anti-Semitic remarks, was suspended without pay for seven days. The suspension is retroactive to April 27, when he was placed on the restricted list. His loss of pay amounts to more than $250,000, according to the Detroit News. Young will not contest the suspension. Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the suspension Monday night, saying that "Those associated with our game …More

Following his arrest yesterday for allegedly attacking a group of men and making anti-Semitic remarks outside a New York City hotel, Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young apologized for the incident. Just before being released on a $5,000 bond, Young issued a statement addressing the altercation, although he did not specifically mention the allegations. "I apologize to everyone I affected,” said the statement released by Young’s attorney Daniel Ollen and a New York-based public relations firm. "I …More