Full-Court Miracle

🕎 It’s 2003, and a team of Hebrew school basketball players think they’ve found the ghost of Judah Maccabee in a random guy living in a van. 

🎙️ April Ryley and J.W. Friedman join us for a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie very, very loosely based on the true story of former college basketball star Lamont Carr and a yeshiva’s struggling team looking for a leader. 

📺 “Full-Court Miracle” is available on Disney+. 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

Lamont Carr’s obituary in Virginia Magazine (2017) 

Psychocandy, an experimental pop duo of Cassie Steele (Julie) and Jase Blankfort (Stick). 

UVA’s Athletics website circa 2003. 

Alex’s prized Dr. J basketball card isn’t even a rookie card and isn’t that valuable. 

“Jewball,” a novel featuring the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association basketball team.   

Sadly, the only upload I could find of the hip-hop cover of the Dreidel song is a smartphone recording of a TV playing this movie. 

This basketball movie’s NBA star cameo is provided by Jerome Williams. 

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📼 Commercials: 

Microsoft Encarta Commercial (1995) 

Returning Student. 

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“Full-Court Miracle” © 2003 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. 
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