'Jewish Jordan' retires from hoops

Harold Miner. Jerry Stackhouse(notes). Vince, Wade and Kobe.There's been many young players slapped with the dreaded "next Michael Jordan" label over the years — but perhaps none as ambitious and mind-boggling as Tamir Goodman, the former high school phenom once known as the "Jewish Jordan."You remember Goodman. The "kid with the lid" started turning Sports Illustrated heads and pages at Talmudical Academy in Baltimore — where he averaged 35.4 points as a junior — before his skills earned him a scholarship offer at Maryland. The news was huge. However, the team's schedule of practices and games meant having to play ball on Friday nights and Saturdays, against the rules of Orthodox Judaism. Goodman was released from his verbal commitment in 1999."If it comes to playing basketball or the Sabbath, I'm going to go with the Sabbath," Goodman said at the time. "It's not even close. I'm never going to change...