January 15, 2012 | 10:35 am

Cammalleri Traded to Calgary

Posted by Jeremy Fine

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Montreal Canadian and the best Jewish hockey player in the league, has been traded to the Calgary Flames. Cammalleri broke out two years ago as a star during the playoffs. He recently fell out of favor with the Canadians when Cammalleri was rumored to be behind the comments saying his team did not prepare hard enough in practice. In return for Cammalleri, gaolie  Karri Ramo, and a 5th round pick the Canadiens receive Rene Borque, Patrick Holland, and a 2nd round pick.

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January 12, 2012 | 7:14 am

The Great Rabbino Gets Rabbinic

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Recently OY! Chicago ran a feature story about my rabbinic side with some TGR thrown in. Click HERE to check it out.

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January 12, 2012 | 7:12 am

How Has Scheyer Been Playing in Israel?

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Thought it was time to check in and see how Jon Scheyer is performing in Israel. As we noted a little while back, the emergence of Jordan Farmar certainly hurt his hype and playing time. Now that Farmar is back in New Jersey, Scheyer has gotten more playing time but not putting up Duke type numbers.

Scheyer has appeared in 10 of the 11 Maccabi Tel Aviv games. He is averaging 2.2 points per game along with .7 rebounds and .7 assists. Not crazy good, but he it’ll be a learning curve to play Euro style ball and get back into form.

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January 8, 2012 | 10:46 am

TGR NFL Player of the Year

Posted by Jeremy Fine

Often we ask people to vote on the awards and sometimes we decide them ourselves. This year it seems to be a clear cut decision that the TGR 2011/12 NFL Player of the Year is:

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January 8, 2012 | 10:11 am

Lebron’s Boss and Ryan Braun

Posted by Jeremy Fine

I have tried avoided the Ryan Braun issue. I am having a hard time believing it. But I thought this was an interesting article. I plan on standing by Braun until this mess figures itself out. Click HERE for more.

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January 2, 2012 | 8:42 am

Where Are They Now? Josh Whitesell

Posted by Jeremy Fine

In 2008 Jewish MLB lovers were introduce to Josh Whitesell. The Diamondbacks first baseman wasn’t the biggest or fastest, but many of us hoped he would have some staying power. Unfortunately he didn’t. Well that is not entirely true, it just wasn’t on American soil.

His raw home run hitting power lead the DBacks organization to keep him around in the minors. After a great spring training in 2009 Whitesell was sent back down to minors. He later signed a contract with the Wahsington Nationals, which began his bizarre turn of events. Whitesell was traded to…Tokoyo and sign a contract with the Tokoyo Yaklut Swallows. 


He played great and the Swallows tripled his salary. He finished the season batting .309  with a .399 on base percentage and a .591 slugging percentage. After all his success, Whitesell became in demand, but again not in America. This past month, The Chiba Lotte Marines announced that they signed former big league first baseman. We are yet to see if Whitesell will make it back to the majors or even America. Best of luck.


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December 29, 2011 | 9:39 pm

The NBA Has Begun

Posted by Jeremy Fine

So how are our guys doing you ask?

Omri Casspi - Casspi has started both games. He is averaging 4.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, And 1.5 assists. The new look Cavs are 1-1 with a win over The Pistons but a loss to begin the season vs. the Pacers.

Jordan Farmar - Farmar has backed up Deron Williams. He has added 1.5 pts, an assist and a steal. the Nets are also 1-1.

Lawrence Frank - Frank has returned to coaching. His Pistons have had a rough start losing to both the Pacers and the Cavs.

Some former Israel players have also appeared. Anthony Parker has also started both games for the Cavs adding 4 ass, 1.5 rbs, and 5.5 pts. The Piston’s Will Bynum has played in one game and added 6 points. The Warrior’s rookie Jeremy Tyler Has appeared in both games albeit playing very limited minutes. He has chipped in 1 point. The Wizard’s Roger Mason Jr. Has played in 2 games and is averaging 4 pts.

Hopefully some of these players can turn it up.
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December 22, 2011 | 8:17 am

NCAA Jews Playing Big Time Schools

Posted by Jeremy Fine

Monday night, Cornell’s Chris Wroblewski and Eitan Chemerinski lost to #24 ranked Illinois in a close one 64-60. Wroblewski started and scored 10 points, grabbed 6 rebounds, and dished out 4 assists. While Chemerinski came off the bench to add 4 points and grab 4 rebounds.

Also, on Monday Jake Cohen and Davidson upset #12 Kansas 80-74, giving Kansas its third loss of the season. Junior Jake Cohen, dropped 12 points on the Jayhawks to help lead Davidson to their biggest win since its Steph Curry days.

Mean while on Tuesday Bryan Cohen faced #1 Syracuse, but couldn’t keep up with the Orangemen. Cohen started but was scoreless. He did have three assists and two boards in twenty minutes of play. Brandon Reese for the Orangemen played 2 minutes and grabbed a rebound.

In other action, Vermont beat Fairleigh Dickinson and Josh Elbaum played 10 minutes and added 2 points.

Looking forward to March Madness!

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- Jeremy Fine
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