St. Edward football coach Tom Lombardo joins Eric and Tim to talk about the 6-0 Eagles and this Saturday's matchup with arch rival St. Ignatius. Watch the game online at stedwardeagles.com!

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WOTJ - EP224 - St. Edward Football Coach Tom Lombardo

One of our favorite guests, Coach Sharman White, joins the show to talk about the experience of Team USA's U16 gold medal run through the Tournament of the Americas in Mexico. Coach Flannery and Coach White discuss their approach to picking a team, dealing with quarantine rules and their approach and experience on their gold medal run.

WOTJ - EP223 - Team USA Gold Medal coach Sharman White

Sean Flannery (@Sean_Flan10) joins Tim to preview the USA Men's U16 Gold Medal matchup with Argentina. The game is tonight, Sunday at 9:30 pm and can be watched live on youtube: https://youtu.be/WWEbwJjo3TA

WOTJ - Quick Hitter 02 - Sean Flannery on U16 Team USA's Gold Medal Game

Our first quick hitter pod! Tim gives his thoughts on the Cavs making a trade for Lauri Markkanen and sending out Larry Nance Jr. Let us know if you like these quicker pods!

WOTJ - Quick Hitter 01 - Cavs trade Larry Nance for Lauri Markkanen

Matt Goul (@mgoul) joins Tim to talk about Ohio High School football, with a focus on Northeast Ohio. Topics include: New preseason schedule New playoff format Why St. Ed's earned the top overall ranking The top region 1 teams, including Mentor, St. Ignatius and Medina Best division 2 teams Top early season games in Northeast Ohio Teams and storylines to look out for throughout the season Follow Matt's work on cleveland.com and on twitter (@mgoul) All St. Ed's games broadcast on stedwardeagles.com    

WOTJ - EP222 - High school football with Matt Goul of cleveland.com

This time it's Tim who is away, so Coach Flan (@coachflan) takes over for a conversation with frequent guest Coach Sharman White (@coachswhite). Eric and Sharm talk about their roles as coaches for the upcoming FIBA Americas tournament in Mexico, where they will be leading the U16 team for USA Basketball. They talk about how they're preparing, what they expect on the trip and the unique challenges of this particular tournament. Tim (@timmys24) will be sure to share updates throughout the tournament and hopefully have some follow ups with the coaches!

WOTJ - EP221 - USA Basketball Coaches Sharman White and Eric Flannery

MIchael Kennedy (@MichaelKenKen), film writer of the movie Freaky, joins Tim to talk about a number of topics, including: -What inspired him to be a horror movie writer -His journey from St. Ed's to Bowling Green to Cleveland to Hollywood -How he got started in the TV business -The process to write the movie and how it became a feature film -A lot of aspects of the movie, some of our favorite characters, scenes -The great reaction from critics and fans I really enjoyed this conversation. Check out the Freaky movie on HBO, HBO max or anywhere else you can find movies.

WOTJ - EP220 - Film writer Michael Kennedy

Chris Fedor (@chrisfedor), Cavs beat reporter for cleveland.com com, joins Tim (@timmys24) to catch up on the NBA Draft and the Cavs. Topics discussed are the top prospects and how they would fit for the Cavs, plausible trade scenarios for Collin Sexton and an update on Kevin Love. Always great to catch up with Chris! The NBA Draft is next Thursday, July 29th.

WOTJ - EP219 - Cavs and NBA Draft with Chris Fedor

This show has an echo to it that may make it hard to listen to. Apologies for that and if it makes it impossible to listen to, understood. Coach Flannery and Tim catch up on summer basketball camps, especially Tim's daughter as one of just two girls at St. Ed's camp. Then they talk about the Cavs winding up with the 3rd pick in this summer's draft. Coach Flan gives thoughts on the top prospects and why he's drawn to Jalen Suggs.  

WOTJ - EP218 - Summer Basketball Camps and Cavs Lottery Luck

Eric and Tim start this show by discussing some current topics including Phil Mickelson's win and the NBA playoffs. They talk about summer basketball and how the COSA summer skills program and leage is going. At the 27:30 mark, Coach Sharman White from Pace Acadamy and Team USA joins the conversation to give an update on the U17 Team USA summer schedule. The coaches are headed to a training camp this week with eyes on the World Championships in Argentina later this summer.

WOTJ - EP217 - Catching up on all things Basketball and Team USA

Magnificat Head Coach Dan Gallagher joins Coach Flannery and Tim to discuss COSA Basketball's upcoming spring season and skill development program for 4-8th grade boys. More information and registration at sehs.net/springleague

WOTJ EP216 - COSA Spring Basketball with Dan Gallagher

Coach Flan and Tim return from a bit of a podcasting hiatus. Topics include a recap of the St. Ed's basketball season, thoughts and feelings after getting knocked out in the sweet 16. They also share some memories of Tom Bodle, a long-time coach in the program who recently passed away. Finally, they quickly go through the NCAA tournament bracket and make a few predictions.    Support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/WOTJ  

WOTJ - EP215 - The original duo back at it

University of Charlotte Offensive Coordinator, and St. Ed's class of '98, Mark Carney (@coachmacarney) joins Tim to talk about the up and coming Charlotte program, navigating a football season full of pandemic challenges, and outlook for the next season for the 49ers.  And of course, we give thoughts on the Super Bowl. What to look for schematically and how we think the game might go.  Enjoy the Super Bowl! Support our podcast at patreon.com/WOTJ

WOTJ - EP214 - Charlotte 49ers Offensive Coordinator Mark Carney

Former Browns and Michigan player Aaron Shea joins Tim to talk about going through the recruiting process as a parent and also shares some stories about Tom Brady. Support the show at patreon.com/WOTJ  

WOTJ - EP213 - Talking Tom Brady with Aaron Shea

Coach Lombardo joins Coach Flannery and Tim to check in on the St. Edward football team. Then, they discuss the basketball team, which is off to a 9-1 start.  Coach Lombardo will be on this Friday's broadcast against Lima High School. The broadcast will be streamed at stedwardeagles.com   Support us on patreon! patreon.com/wotj  

WOTJ - EP212 - St. Edward Football Coach Tom Lombardo

There are a million sports shows that examine the X's and O's of the game. Worthy of the Jersey is unique. Famed basketball coach and author Eric Flannery and co-host Tim Smith also focus on the mentality of professional, college, and high school sports, sharing their insight on what it takes to be a champion.

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