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This week we have spent a ton of time on NCAA tournament and today is no different. NIT bound Nevada player Adam Carp agreed to do an interview with TGR. Thanks to Adam and good luck until you play the Illini. Read More »
The Great Rabbino 
Cornell’s Jon Jaques
Here is an article on a Sports Illustrated blog about Jon Jaques. Thank you to TGR fan Jerry Marcus for sending it in. Click HERE. Read More »
Video of the Week – 75 Seconds with Jon Scheyer
I used to hate Jon Scheyer for not coming to Illinois and I still kind of do, but this kid is simply amazing. Below is the most ridiculous High School video I have ever seen. The other video is funny and references Scheyer’s amazing accomplishment. Read More »
Oy! Brackets
New Oy! Chicago article up (same as the brackets from yesterday). Click HERE . Read More »
NCAA Bracket with a Jewish Twist
So, it is tournament time. Everyone is frantically filling out their brackets, hoping to gain pride and maybe some cash. Everyone has a different strategy for picking the Final Four. Some people pick underdogs, some pick according to mascots, and some pick by what they think is knowledge yet always end up losing. Read More »
Where’d Landesberg GO
Virginia suspended top scorer Sylven Landesberg for the remainder of the season. Tough break for Jewish college basketball fans. Landesberg would have been in the discussion for top Jewish college player of the year. His chances look slim now. To read more about it click HERE . Read More »
Tournament(s) Time
So, I am clearly not in a good mood after Illinois getting the HUGE snub. I guess I am somewhat of a fan of the NIT right now. On the bright side it means more Illini games this season. We did get the #1 overall seed. Here are the Jews playing in various postseason tournaments. Stay tuned for the Jewish NCAA bracket and player of the year awards. Read More »
Scheyer and Bouchman In
Not that there was much doubt but Jon Scheyer and Duke are officially in the NCAA tournament. Also Carmel Bouchman and Temple clinched a berth by winning the A10 tournament. Bouchman didn’t get in the game but Scheyer dropped 16 points and grabbed 3 boards in Duke’s ACC tournament championship. Read More »
NCAA Countdown
The Final of our Tournament is here: #2 Duke and Jon Scheyervs.#5 Cornell and Jon Jaques/Eitan ChemerinskiPlease select the team you think would win.TOURNAMENT: So far here are the Jewish players who have helped their teams punch their ticket into the tournament. Read More »
Shabbat Shalom
Shabbat Shalom to everyone. A simple week here at TGR (or should I say HAIR at TGR). Wow I loved Artest’s tribute to defense. Also, another video of the week.Check out Macslive for the Saracheck tournament and Jewsinbaseball.blogspot for spring training news.Poll Results: Final Four are still going on. Read More »
High School Basketball Tournament Begins NOW
Check out scores and highlights from this years Red Sarachek basketball tournament at Macslive.com Read More »
Coaching Palestinians
Here is an interesting story about Ilan Kowalsky an Israeli set to coach a Palestinian basketball team. Click HERE . Read More »
Ron Artest Channeling His Judaism?
Ron Artest came into yesterday’s game against the Orlando Magic with a new haircut. Imagine a Rodman look with a yellow background and purple writing. He wrote the word “Defense” in 3 different languages. One of those was Hebrew. The word Haganah could also be a reference to an Israeli Defense Force. Below is the picture. Read More »
Video of the Week – Casspi Just Does It
I am sure we will have many many Omri Casspi videos in the coming years. This week I wanted to feature his Nike commercial. It is awesome. Literally got chills. Read More »
Baseball TShirts
As the baseball season approaches TGR will be highlighting our shirts. This is our Kevin Youkilis TShirt. To buy it or see our other TGR Tshirts click on the Tshirt self. Wear them proudly. Read More »
Round 2 Complete- Final Four
Round 2 is complete and we enter the Final Four for the best NCAA team represented by at least one Jewish player. Can’t believe Davidson is still in it. I guess people either think Stephen Curry is Jewish and still on the team or they LOVE Jake Cohen. Below are the results of the elite 8 and the matchups for the Final Four. Read More »
So WHish I Wasn’t Twaded
Here is Sportsline’s comments on the trades of Jewish hockey elites Mathieu Schneider and Jeff Halpern. Both of their new teams were considered WINNERS! Phoenix Coyotes: The Coyotes have been the feel-good story of the season and that didn’t change at the deadline, as Phoenix did a good job upgrading its roster for the playoff push. Read More »
Cornell Cliches Berth
The Cornell Bears became the first team to clinch a NCAA tournament bid. The Bears have three Jewish players. Jon Jaques led at Bears with 20 points. Congrats to the Bears. Read More »
Shabbat Shalom
Fun week post Interview month. I am glad Taylor Mays is getting a lot of attention at the combine.We started a new feature on TGR with video of the week. So check that out. Also, hope you enjoyed the Purim pictures. The Steve Stone one at the end is amazing.Poll: The poll is still going on. Read More »
Red Sarachek Seedings Announced
Here are the seedings for the Red Sarachek High School Basketball tournament. It is an amazing event. If you are in NYC next weekend I suggest you go and watch. It is super exciting. Click HERE for the article. Read More »
Video of the Week – Foreman vs. Matisyahu
TGR is going to start bringing you a new feature. Each week (hopefully or when we want) will post a Jewish sports video of the week. We are going to make a side feature that contains a list of them all so we can begin to compile a sweet list. Our first video is from the JewishJournal.com (TGR will be featured by them soon). Read More »
Hank Rosenstein Passes Away
Hank Rosenstein who played in the first ever NBA game passed away at the age of 89. Rosenstein played for the Knicks and is a member of the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Boca Raton. Click HERE to read more. Read More »
Taylor Mays Fake 40 Yard Dash – But He Is Still Awesome
Story and video of TGR’s favorite athlete Taylor Mays at the combine. Click HERE . If anyone knows him or has a connection we want to interview him badly. Read More »
ESPN Fantasy Baseball Projections
Forget about who is the best Jewish baseball player out there. What matters is who is the best Jewish fantasy baseball player out there. Which Jews should you be drafting. Here are the player 2010 player pre-season player rankings from ESPN.com. Read More »
Olympic Medals
Here are the Jewish Olympic medals: Steve Meisler won a gold medal for the United States in the four-man bobsled, pushing his team to a combined time of 3: 24: 46 in the four-heat race.Jewish ice dancer Charlie White claimed a silver medal in ice dancing along with partner Meryl Davis. Read More »
The Two Best?
In the battle between possibly the two best Jewish basketball players in the nation Jon Scheyer and Sylven Landesberg, it was Scheyer’s Blue Devils who came out on top. Unfortunately, Landesberg sat out the game while Scheyer dropped 20 points, dished out 3 assist, and pulled down 3 rebounds. Read More »
Purim Pictures
In honor of Purim we posted some funny pictures of your favorite Jewish athletes, coaches, and sportscasters. Read More »
Jewish Player Tournament Results and Round 2
The opening round, like real March Madness had some upsets. Tennessee and Steven Pearl lost to Davidson and Jake Cohen. Maybe the results would have been different if people would’ve seen Tennessee beat Kentucky. Today begins round two of our poll to find the best team in the nation that has at least one Jewish player. Read More »
Tennessee and Bruce Pearl Upset #2
John Calipari can do all the shady things he wants. He can leave a program and take all their recruits. He can help players pass test. But he can’t get passed Bruce Pearl and the Tennessee Volunteers who last night upset the #2 ranked Kentucky Widcats. Pearl’s son, Steven, played 14 minutes contributing 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Read More »