European soccer fans are a different breed, so when the followers of Holland’s premier team, Ajax, began filling stadiums with songs that “We are the super-Jews,” most observers just rolled their eyes. However, some were not amused. A group called BAN, which is an acronym for a group fighting antisemitism, has sued. Their complaint has been filed in Amsterdam District…

The New York Jets’ upset win against the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in 1968’s Super Bowl III has long been considered a miracle. Now the Jets’ center, John Schmitt, has experienced another, as this video testifies. The championship ring he lost three years later while vacationing at Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach has appeared — although he’d…

There on the game tapes, it’s unmistakable — Texas Aggie Trent Hunter intercepts the ball, but loses his helmet. Southern Methodist center Blake McJunkin takes him down — but deliberately protects Hunter’s head as SMU teammate Kelly Turner joins the fray. “Even in the nasty, brutal game of football, sportsmanship is alive and well,” marveled…

    Teenage tumbling coach Dylan Smith spun and did a backflip as he fell four stories — and the mid-air gymnastics apparently saved his life. “He’s alive and it’s basically a miracle,” said his father, Hugh Smith of North Smithfield. “He should be dead. It’s a 44-foot drop.” Witnesses told police the football star…

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