Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american-israeli professional basketball player for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli premier league and the euro”. Today it says “israeli–american professional basketball player and the team captain for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli basket”.
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John DiBartolomeo ( Hebrew : ג'ון דיברתולומיאו ; born June 20, 1991) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player and the team captain for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague . He played college basketball at the University of Rochester , where he starred in his four seasons with the Yellow Jackets, and was dubbed "one of the best players in the University of Rochester men's basketball history". DiBartolomeo played professional basketball in Spain and Israel, where he was named the Israeli League Regular Season MVP and Israeli League Cup MVP in 2017 and the Israeli League Final Four MVP in 2019.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
John DiBartolomeo ( ; born June 20, 1991) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague . He played college basketball at the University of Rochester , where he starred in his four seasons with the Yellow Jackets, and was dubbed "one of the best players in the University of Rochester men's basketball history". DiBartolomeo played professional basketball in Spain and Israel, where he was named the Israeli League Regular Season MVP and Israeli League Cup MVP in 2017 and the Israeli League Final Four MVP in 2019.
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American-Israeli basketball player John DiBartolomeo ( ; born June 20, 1991) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague . He played college basketball at the University of Rochester , where he starred in his four seasons with the Yellow Jackets, and was dubbed "one of the best players in the University of Rochester men's basketball history". DiBartolomeo played professional basketball in Spain and Israel, where he was named the Israeli League Regular Season MVP and Israeli League Cup MVP in 2017 and the Israeli League Final Four MVP in 2019.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american-israeli professional basketball player for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli premier league and the euro”. Today it says “israeli–american professional basketball player and the team captain for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli basket”. Read the current article and compare.
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american-israeli professional basketball player for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli premier league and the euro
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israeli–american professional basketball player and the team captain for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli basket
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