Donyell Marshall Interview

Click here to listen to Half Jewish Sports crew interview 15 year NBA veteran and new GW assistant Donyell Marshall

Half Jewish Sports 9/23

Hey everyone! Drew Silva will be calling in talk some baseball with us at 4:20 today plus Stat Matt and all the usual chaos. Make sure you listen live at 4pm on gwradio.com.

Half Jewish Sports Returns- On Rosh Hashanah

Can there be a better way to kick off a New Year of Half Jewish Sports than to do it on the Jewish New Year. Come join us for a special Rosh Hashanah edition of Half Jewish Sports.

Get off My Bandwagon

At every baseball game I go to, and it could be anywhere, there's always some asshole who wants to start a conversation about the Red Sox or Yankees. Now whenever I am forced to talk to these people, I often find out they aren't from Boston or New York. Like LeBron James with his Yankee hat. He is from Ohio, plays basketball in Cleveland and wears a Yankee hat to the Indians Yankees NLCS game. LeBron has no right to root for the Yankees. He's a front runner. Take the many kids you find at GW walking around in North Carolina gear.

If you aren't from somewhere, don't root for the teams from there. Now there are some exceptions which I have outlined below, but if you are from Long Island and root for UNC because you like the powder blue uniforms or Manchester United because you saw them on ESPN once get a life. When your team wins don't act like you've won something. People who feel good after picking the best team in a league and then feel satisfied after seeing that team win should be banned from sports viewing.



Exceptions for Sports Dual Citizenship

Family Ties- I don't support it, but I'll allow it. "My dad is a big fan of the...." I get it, you were indoctrinated. It's not your fault. Just like it's not Matt Damon's fault in Good Will Hunting.

Transient Childhood- You bounced around a lot as a kid and never really had a home. So you formed a bond with the teams from a city to which you no longer have ties. Another possible case is your parents split and lived in different cities, giving you a skewed set of teams.

Relocation/Statute of Limitations- You have moved into a new city have lived there for a number of years, no less than 5, and have a new conception of where "home" is and have adopted a new crew. If you live somewhere and that local team which you are not a fan of is on tv a lot you can get loyal observer status. It's a form of sports fan purgatory before the statute of limitations expires and you can become a full fledged fan.

Rural area- You don't have a main major city you live near so you root for teams from a variety of surrounding areas.

Missing major sports- Your city is a market that does not have teams from all of the NBA NFL MLB and NHL and you adopt a team from another market. For example you are from Portland and you root for the San Francisco Giants.



Pathetic Excuses

"I've just always liked them..." Yeah because they were good, and you have no balls to take on a team that isn't all rings

If your parent is a front runner, and that tradition goes down to you, you are still a front runner.

"I was a big fan of... growing up" Just because you liked a certain player growing up doesn't give you an excuse to hop on the team's bandwagon. You can be a fan of a player and not a team. You may notice that most of the scores of kids who were big fans of Ken Griffey Jr. from outside Seattle are no longer fans of the Mariners. And those that are, well they've endured enough years of subpar baseball that I'll give them a free pass.


Final Note: If you choose to root for a terrible team at random when they are still bad and follow them closely that's okay. You'll struggle enough to understand the value of winning and when your team wins you'll truly feel like you've won something.

Half Jewish Sports Mock Draft

Welcome to the HJS Mock Draft for 2010. We will be making our picks one-by-one in just a few minutes so stay tuned for all the action!

1 .St. Louis Rams (Julian) -Sam Bradford (QB, Oklahoma)
2. Detroit Lions (Tigre) - Ndamakong Suh (DT, Nebraska)
3. Tampa Bay Bucs (Perry)- Gerald McCoy (DT, Oklahoma)
4. Washington Redskins (Ryan) - Eric Berry (S, Tennessee)
5. Kansas City Chiefs (Topiel) - Dexter McCluster (RB, Ole Miss)
6. Seattle Seahawks (Feiger) - Russell Okung (OT, Oklahoma State)
7. Cleveland Browns (Trocchia) - Joe Haden (CB, Florida)
8. Oakland Raiders (Julian) - Trent Williams (OT, Oklahoma)
9. (TRADE) Pittsburgh Steelers (Ryan) - Jimmy Claussen (QB, Notre Dame)
10. Jacksonville Jaguars (Perry) - CJ Spiller (RB, Clemson)
11. (TRADE) New York Giants - (Julian) - Rolondo McClain (MLB, Alabama)
12. Miami Dolphins (Topiel) - Sergio Kindle (OLB, Texas)
13. San Francisco 49ers(Feiger) - Bryan Bulaga (OT, Iowa)
14. Seattle Seahawks (Trocchia) - Jason Pierre Paul (DE, South Florida)
15. (TRADE) Denver Broncos (Ryan) - Earl Thomas (S, Texas)
16. Tennessee Titans (Tigre)- Derrick Morgan (DE, Georgia Tech)
17. San Francisco 49ers (Perry) -Kyle Wilson (CB, Boise St.)
18. Pittsburgh Steelers (Ryan) - Maurkice Pouncey (C, Florida)
19. Atlanta Falcons (Topiel) -Brandan Graham (LB, Michigan)
20. Houston Texans - (Feiger) - Ryan Mathews (RB, Fresno St.)
21. Cincinnati Bengals - (Trocchia) -Jermaine Greshem (TE, Oklahoma)
22. New England Patriots - (Julian) - Dez Bryant (WR, Oklahoma St)
23. Green Bay Packers (Tigre) -Mike Iupati (T/G, Idaho)
24. Philadelphia Eagles (Perry) - Anthony Davis (T, Rutgers)
25. Baltimore Ravens (Ryan) - Dan Williams (DT, Tennessee)
26. Arizona Cardinals (Topiel) - Demaryius Thomas (WR, Georgia Tech)
27. Dallas Cowboys (Feiger) - Taylor Mays (S, USC)
28. San Diego Chargers (Trocchia) - Terrence Cody (DT, Alabama)
29. New York Jets (Julian) -Carlos Dunlap (DE, Florida)
30. Minnesota Vikings (Tigre) -Brian Price (DT, UCLA)
31. Indianapolis Colts (Perry) - Sean Weatherspoon (LB, Missouri)
32. New Orleans Saints (Ryan) - Jerry Hughes (LB, TCU)

THE MOMENT THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR

It's the Perry Goldman Mock Draft - 2010 Edition

1. STL	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma
2. DET	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska
3. TB	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma
4. WAS	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma State
5. KC	Eric Berry	S	Tennessee
6. SEA	Trent Williams	OT	Oklahoma
7. CLE	Joe Haden	CB	Florida
8. OAK	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame
9. BUF	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa
10. JAX	Earl Thomas	S	Texas
11. DEN	Dez Bryant	WR	Oklahoma State
12. MIA	Dan Williams	DT	Tennessee
13. SF	Anthony Davis	OT	Rutgers
14. SEA	C.J. Spiller	RB	Clemson
15. NYG	Rolando McClain	ILB	Alabama
16. TEN	Derrick Morgan	DE	Georgia Tech
17. SF	Brandon Graham	DE	Michigan
18. PIT	Maurkice Pouncey	C	Florida
19. ATL	Jason Pierre-Paul	DE	South Florida
20. HOU	Kyle Wilson	CB	Boise State
21. CIN	Jermaine Gresham	TE	Oklahoma
22. NE	Sergio Kindle	OLB	Texas
23. GB	Mike Iupati	G	Idaho
24. PHI	Sean Weatherspoon	OLB	Missouri
25. BAL	Jared Odrick	DT	Penn State
26. ARZ	Charles Brown	OT	USC
27. DAL	Taylor Mays	S	USC
28. SD	Ryan Mathews	RB	Fresno State
29. NYJ	Everson Griffen	DE	USC
30. MIN	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas
31. IND	Devin McCourty	CB	Rutgers
32. NO	Daryl Washington	OLB	TCU

BIG BEN STRIKES AGAIN

This one goes out to Ben Roethlisberger. We all feel your pain out there big guy.