At nine, his mother Evelyn remarried and he took the name of his stepfather, attorney Irving Koufax. Sandy grew up playing sports in Jewish community clubs and schoolyards in postwar Brooklyn ...

If Daniel Schloff’s family had been on time to Yom Kippur morning services in 1965, he may have never encountered Sandy Koufax ... arrange a driver to pick up Koufax at his hotel and bring ...

Sandy Koufax dominated baseball like no other ... Since fitness was always a part of his passion, Koufax took up running in his forties and competed in marathons worldwide. He stayed active ...

There is one athlete who does: Jewish legend Sandy Koufax. “Generally speaking ... Passan, 42, grew up in a Conservative Jewish household, attending Hebrew school three times a week.

Pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale turned down the Los ... will go for this sort of thing," Musial said. Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.

28, 1966, Los Angeles Dodgers icons Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax ... While Koufax began 1966 in a holdout and pursuing a more lucrative contract, that season wound up being his last with the ...