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Vote for This Week's High School Athlete of the Week

Tyler Donohue — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:30:21 +0000

Congrats to Holy Spirit slugger Rick Hopkins for taking home last week’s High School Athlete of the Week honors. This week we have a new batch of local student-athletes who have proven themselves worthy in their respective fields. You can vote for your pick below, and you can hear the winner announced on 97.3 ESPN’s [...]

David Ortiz's F-Bomb At Red Sox Game Approved By FCC Chair

Joe Student — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:00:25 +0000

A day after the city of Boston was locked down under a 'shelter-in-place' order while a massive manhunt captured the last suspect at large in last Monday's Boston Marathon bombings, the Boston Red Sox held extended pregame ceremonies at Fenway Park on Saturday to honor the memory of the victims of the attacks and celebrate the Boston police, emergency responders and marathon volunteers

Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation Contiunues [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:08:51 +0000

The search continues in and around Boston for whoever planted two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed three and left 144 injured. WBZ TV reports that Massachusetts State Police converged on an apartment in nearby Revere but would not say why or what they were looking for other than to [...]

Explosions Rock Boston Marathon Finish Line [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:16:43 +0000

Two explosions went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon injuring at least 130 people, and killing at least 3 people according to Boston Police including an 8-year-old. Of those 124 people, 15 of them are in critical condition. The FBI has taken the lead on the investigation into the bombing as [...]

Louisville Beats Michigan To Win NCAA Basketball Championship

Georgia — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:40:14 +0000

Louisville pulled it out late last night to beat Michigan to win the 2013 NCAA Championship! I was sound asleep by the time they won. Really, why start the game at 9:27pm? Old people, like me, need our beauty sleep! According to Guy Speed, Reserve guard Luke Hancock scored 22 points, including making all five [...]

Tim Pernetti Steps Down As Rutgers Athletic Director [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:27:12 +0000

Rutgers University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti has stepped down as university President Robert Barachi issues an apology to those who were offended by the Mike Rice video and explain his actions and those of Pernetti. In a letter, Pernetti writes, ” I write in confirmation of our conversation earlier today during which we agreed [...]

Mike Rice Fired At Rutgers [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:24:06 +0000

Mike Rice has been fired as head men’s basketball coach at Rutgers University and says he is “deeply sorry” for his behavior. As the dust settles on Rice’s firing, others are raising questions about how Rutgers handled the situation and why nothing was done back in December when the video first came to the attention [...]

Rutgers Under Pressure Over Mike Rice Video [VIDEO/POLL]

Dan Alexander — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:28:55 +0000

Rutgers University is under pressure over how it should react to a video of basketball coach Mike Rice aired by ESPN that shows him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs. The video shows numerous clips of Rice at practice firing basketballs at players, hitting them in the back, [...]

Vote for This Week's High School Athlete of the Week

Tyler Donohue — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:00:18 +0000

Congratulations to Holy Spirit senior Gina Lewis for winning last week’s High School Athlete of the Week honors. We have a new batch of local student-athletes this week who have proven themselves worthy. You can vote for your pick, and hear the winner announced on the South Jersey Sports Report with Tyler Donohue Saturday morning [...]

Vote For This Week's High School Athlete of the Week

Tyler Donohue — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:01:46 +0000

Congrats to Southern Regional's freshman hockey star, Ryan Rowland who took home last week's High School Athlete of the Week honors -- the first time a hockey player has won!

We have a new batch of local student-athletes this week who have proven themselves worthy.

Vote for This Week's High School Athlete of the Week

Tyler Donohue — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:00:43 +0000

Congrats to Atlantic City swimmer Amber Glen for taking last week’s High School Athlete of the Week Award. We have a new batch of local student-athletes this week who have proven themselves worthy. You can vote for your pick, and hear the winner announced on 97.3 ESPN’s South Jersey Sports Report with Tyler Donohue [...]

Francisco Liriano Somehow Hurt Himself Scaring His Kids

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:22:24 +0000

The Pittsburgh Pirates haven’t had a winning season since a young pre-rumored-to-be-usin’-PED-homer-swingin’ Barry Bonds was roaming the outfield. The injury to newly-signed pitcher Francisco Liriano may prove there’s a karmic reason for that. Liriano, best known for being a brilliant pitcher with the Minnesota Twins before injuries got to him, injured himself yet again on [...]

NFL Legend Dan Marino Has a Secret Love Child

Georgia — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:38:27 +0000

The New York Post is reporting that former Miami Dolphins quarterback and CBS NFL analyst Dan Marino fathered a child with a former CBS Sports production assistant and then paid her millions to keep it quiet. Donna Savattere, a then-35-year-old production assistant at CBS Sports’ Manhattan studio gave birth to Chloe in June of 2005, [...]

Eagles Hire Chip Kelly as New Head Coach

Mike Gill — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:14:13 +0000

The Eagles have hired Chip Kelly as their head coach. “Chip Kelly will be an outstanding head coach for the Eagles,” said Eagles owner Jeffery Lurie. “He has a brilliant football mind. He motivates his team with his actions as well as his words. He will be a great leader for us and will bring [...]

Eagles Announce Andy Reid Era is Over [LIVE VIDEO]

Mike Gill — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:25:21 +0000

The Philadelphia Eagles have officially fired head coach Andy Reid after 14 years at the helm.

According to a statement on the team website, Eagles Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Lurie will hold a press conference at 11AM to make the announcement and take questions from the media.

"Andy Reid won the most games of any head coach in Eagles history and he is someone I respect greatly and will remain friends w

Millville's Mike Trout is MLB's AL Rookie of the Year

Chris Coleman — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:40:48 +0000

Congratulations to Millville’s Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, who was named the youngest American League Rookie of the Year earlier today. The 21-year-old center fielder hit .326 with 30 homeruns and 83 RBIs following his call-up from the minor leagues in late April. He received all 28 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ [...]

High School Sports Delayed Due To Sandy Damage

Dan Alexander — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:38:12 +0000

This weekend’s high school football games and a number of playoff games have been delayed a week due to damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. Many fields & practice facilities are not in any shape to use and players have been evacuated. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association has postponed all of this week’s scheduled [...]

Can Mainland Show Oakcrest High School How To Win?

Chris Coleman — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:00:30 +0000

Earlier this year, Mainland Regional High School won Under Armour’s “Finding Undeniable” contest and now they are the benchmark for other schools in the country that are trying to win this year. One of those other schools is Oakcrest High School in Mays Landing. For winning Finding Undeniable, Mainland Regional High School won $140,000 in [...]

Ice Hockey Lives in Atlantic City

Chris Coleman — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:30:48 +0000

If you’re a hockey fan like me, at this point, you’ll take hockey any way you can get it. Luckily, ice hockey will be in Atlantic City next month! While you can’t watch the Flyers or Devils or any other NHL team for the near future, you will be able to see professional ice hockey [...]

Trout or Cabrera? Who's The American League MVP? [POLL]

Joe Kelly — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:29:53 +0000

Millville’s Mike Trout certainly will be awarded the American League Rookie Of The Year trophy. Does he also deserve the award for Most Valuable Player? We need your vote! Trout, of the Los Angeles Angels, had a phenomenal year. Despite not being called up until twenty games into the season, Trout led the majors in [...]