The Storm of ’26, depending on who you asked, dumped more than a foot of snow across New York City. The day after, the city was essentially shut down: office buildings sat empty, restaurants were void of customers, and there was no in-person school. No in-person school, that is, except for the Maccabees basketball team, who still took the floor for a Monday afternoon practice, even as the halls of Yeshiva University were filled with cold air and emptiness. This is a team that

There’s a moment in Akidat Yitzchak when everything feels unbearable — the climb, the silence, the weight of what’s about to happen. And then, suddenly, it’s over. The ram appears. The tension breaks. The outcome is decided not in chaos, but in clarity. Saturday night at the Max Stern Athletic Center followed that same arc. It was a meeting of two unbeaten Skyline teams. A rivalry that hasn’t cooled off since last March. Then the game started—and Yeshiva ensured tonight would

You can check that day off your calendar because it’s here. Snowy Saturday night. Max Stern Athletic Center. Lights on. Doors open. Same two programs. Same tension. It’s been 328 days since these two last met with everything on the line. March 2, 2025. In Farmingdale. Skyline Championship Sunday. You already know how that ended with Zevi Samet’s game-winning three and the Macs 81-78 victory which was heard all around the Jewish basketball world. Here we are again, and both te