March 14, 2011 | 7:46 am

NCAA Participants

Posted by Jeremy Fine

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Well this year we, the Jews, have representation but no real stars or players on big time teams. This will make the Jewish bracket’s chances much worse (plus we probably won’t have cinderella Cornell to help us). But here who is in.

Memphis Head Coach Josh Pastner - Pastner got a tough opening round matchup agains Arizona. They will win in the Jewish bracket, but doubtful in my real one.



Bucknells Senior Guard Bryan Cohen - Cohen is the Patriot League’s top defensive player. And he will need to be to stop Kemba Walker and red hot UConn.



Syracuse Coach Bernie Fine and Reserve Guard Brandon Reese - Reese is essentially a non-factor. But Fine, an Orange mainstay, should help Cuse make a run.



Tennesse Coach Bruce Pearl and Reserve Forward Steven Pearl - Steven doesn’t play too much and Bruce has had of the court troubles. Makes for a wreck unless Scotty Hopson becomes the star he has the potential to be.



Michigan Walk On Josh Bartelstein - Bartelstein will be a non-factor and probably won’t even get playing time. But Michigan has a shot to win a game against Tennesse. Both teams run into Duke in round 2.



UC Santa Barbara Jordan Weiner - Weiner has skill but not real numbers. If there was a 15 over a 2 seed that I was going to pick it would be UCSB over Florida. Watch out.



USC Michael Atwater - This freshman, again, is a non-factor. We do expect big things out of him in the near future. USC is also a play in game. They play VCU to get a crack at Georgetown.





Georgetown Nate Lubick - Freshman has come on strong and was probably the most impressive Jewish freshman. Lubick Played in 31 games starting 12, averaging 19.4 minutes, 4.2 points and 3.5 rebounds





Akron Coach Keith Dambrot - The coach had a great year but is a #15 seed. It has happened so you never know.



There are also a bunch of assistant coaches including Larry Shyatt (Florida), Scott Garson (UCLA),  Jason Donnelly (Villanova), Ross Condon & Adam Fisher (Boston University).



And Let Us Say…Amen.

- Jeremy Fine
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March 13, 2011 | 10:56 am

College Basketball Week Starts RIGHT NOW

Posted by Jeremy Fine

Congrats to University of Toledo women’s basketball player Naama Shafir who was named to the Mid-American Conference 1st team. Check ou the article HERE.



Congrats to Jared Mintz for being named first team all Patriot League. Click HERE to read more. Also, Bucknell’s Bryan Cohen was named the Patriot League’s Defensive Player of the Year.



Congrats to Zach Rosen was named to the Ivy League’s First Team. This is the Penn’s guard’s second selection. Read more HERE. Chris Wroblewski of Cornell was named to the second team (read HERE).



If more awards come in we will try to let you know.

And Let Us Say…Amen.

-Jeremy Fine

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March 13, 2011 | 12:30 am

HUGE Breaking News: Colt Cabana is the New NWA World Champion

Posted by Jeremy Fine

Congratulations to the New NWA World Champion, Colt Cabana. This is Colt’s first major national title. He is the first ever openly Jewish NWA Champion. The title itself has been held by some of the greatest champions ever including Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and Harley Race. The title itself was linked with TNA for a while as well.

Colt joins the ranks of some other great Jewish champions including Goldberg and Macho Man Randy Savage. Colt beat Adam Pearce for the title and we all know he will be a fighting champion. Colt has spent the last year in a heated rivalry alongside El Generico versus Kevin Steen and Steve Corino. Before that we was Scotty Goldman in the WWE after a stint in the WWE training grounds a Florida Championship Wrestling. He has also wrestled as Matt Classic and performs stand-up comedy with the legendary Mick Foley.



Besides TGR loving Colt and being a huge fan, he is also from Deerfield IL (my hometown).



Congrats to Colt and we will be following your title defenses.



And Let Us Say…Amen.

-Jeremy Fine

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March 7, 2011 | 3:38 pm

Valley Torah boys’ basketball makes history, wins Div. VI-AA championship

Posted by Jeremy Fine

This is great news!!! Check out the article below by Jacob H. Pollon of the DailyNews.com. So great I decided to post it instead of twitting it. If you like High School BBall this is a great story.

The Valley Torah boys’ basketball team’s season couldn’t have been scripted any better than if it were written in Hollywood.

The top-seeded Wolfpack got off to a horrible start in the first quarter and trailed by nine points with 7:30 remaining, but reeled off 18 of the final 20 points to defeat No. 2 Bishop Diego 58-51 in the Southern Section Div. VI-AA championship game at Mater Dei late Saturday night.

The Valley Village-based religious school becomes the first ever Orthodox Jewish program to win a Southern Section championship, and it came in movie-like fashion.

Read more at DailyNews.com.

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March 3, 2011 | 10:33 am

Carimi Mock Drafted

Posted by Jeremy Fine

As the NFL draft draws near (probably the best day of the year) we check in where the experts believe the Wisconsin Badgers Offensive Lineman will be drafted. CBSSports.com has up three mock drafts. Two experts have Carimi going #21 to the Kansas City Chiefs and the other has him slipping to #23 to the Philadelphia Eagles. Below are the mock drafts (I do not believe anyone of them are Jewish). Where do you think Carimi will end up? How about #29 to Da Bears?



Rob Rang



Chad Reuter



Pete Prisco

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