{"id":11792,"date":"2018-10-04T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=11792"},"modified":"2018-10-04T09:02:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T09:02:08","slug":"josh-owens-i-wanted-to-be-with-a-team-that-would-compete-sports-rabbi-show-episode-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/josh-owens-i-wanted-to-be-with-a-team-that-would-compete-sports-rabbi-show-episode-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Owens: &#8220;I wanted to be with a team that would compete&#8221; &#8211; Sports Rabbi Show Episode 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/8909541?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slrussell\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Russell<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Athletic Cincinnati<\/a> joins The Sports Rabbi show to talk about Hapoel Beer Sheva\u2019s budding star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/360621\/2018\/05\/19\/xavier-product-semaj-christon-rediscovers-love-of-hoops-in-china\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Semaj Christon<\/a><\/strong> who played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA and will Xavier University. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/veilchenfeuer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lukas Feldhaus<\/a> from Germany also comes on board to look at Beer Sheva\u2019s <strong>Taylor Braun<\/strong> while The Sports Rabbi sits down with Hapoel Jerusalem\u2019s <strong>Josh Owens<\/strong> for an extended season opening interview. 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