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New Jersey Politician Throws Shit Fit After Getting Crying Jordan'd
Cinnaminson (N.J.) mayor Anthony Minniti lost his bid for re-election to the township committee Tuesday when a retired police sergeant defeated him in the Republican primary. When a Facebook user Crying Jordan’d Minniti’s campaign flyer and posted the image to the Cinnaminson Friends & Neighbors pag...
Report: N.J. High School Under State Investigation For Treatment Of International Basketball Players
New Jersey state investigators are reportedly looking into a scandal at Eastside High School in Paterson, which enrolled male and female international basketball players who endured poor living conditions while staying with coaches or other guardians in what one expert said sounded like a human-tra...
Youth Basketball League Kicks Two Girls Off Of Fifth-Grade Team; Team Forfeits In Protest
A group of 10-year-olds in New Jersey decided to forfeit the rest of their basketball season rather than play without their female teammates, who had been kicked off the team by the league. ...
How To Legalize Sports Betting
Millions of Americans are gearing up for their fantasy football drafts. And thanks to the scores of lobbyists and lawyers employed by the daily fantasy sports industry, DraftKings and FanDuel are back in business in New York and many other states, just in time for the start of the NFL season. For th...
High School Ref Says Hockey Dad Beat Him Up After He Ejected His Son And Wife
Last weekend, Howell High School and Manalapan High School played to a 1-1 tie in boys hockey at Howell Ice World. The game got wild in the third period when a Howell player was given a ten minute penalty for cursing at referee Dave Brown. There was only five minutes left in the game, so this essent...
Sandwich Board Becomes Weapon In New Jersey Soccer Fight
The third New York Derby takes place this evening, and it got wild in New Jersey beforehand. The AP’s Rob Harris was there as a brawl popped off out front of Bello’s Bar & Grill, right across the Passaic River from Red Bull Arena. One dude even started swinging with a sandwich board:...
Chris Christie Blew $82,594 With MetLife Vendor But Can't Find Receipts
This started with an easy question. How did Chris Christie blow more than $80,000 in less than two years on concessions at MetLife Stadium?...
Here Are Some Photos Of Chris Christie Playing Softball
Chris Christie (and some other people) played in a softball game at Yankee Stadium last night. There’s video of famous people saying nice things about the NYPD, if that’s your thing, but still photography remains the best way to capture great sports memories. Here are some photos from the game....
We Made Political Ads To Attack "Lifelong" Cowboys Fan Chris Christie
New Jersey governor Chris Christie will be at Lambeau Field today to cheer on the Dallas Cowboys alongside his pal Jerry Jones. Christie's Cowboys enthusiasm is already costing him political capital, so former ad-man Drew Magary cobbled together scripts for the inevitable attack ads that will fo...
Jerry Jones And Chris Christie Enjoy Passionate, Slow Motion Embrace
Cowboys fans around the globe celebrated the team's controversial comeback win over the Lions yesterday, and no Dallas fan is bigger than Chris Christie....
Sayreville Superintendent May Shut Down Football Program For Years
Sayreville, N.J. District Superintendent Richard Labbe says the future of the multiple state championship-winning football team is in doubt following the arrest of seven players on charges they sexually abused younger players in a gruesome hazing ritual....
Details Emerge Of Sayreville Football Locker Room Sexual Abuse Hazing
NJ Advance Media revealed last night some of the details of alleged locker room sexual abuse that resulted in seven Sayreville War Memorial High School players being arrested on Friday and brought police to the home of a four-star Penn State recruit....
Sayreville Football Players Charged With Locker Room Sexual Assaults
NJ.com reports tonight that seven Sayreville War Memorial High School football players are facing charges due to a series of alleged sexual assaults on four victims in the locker room....
Report: N.J. High School Football Players Sexually Assaulted Freshmen
Sayreville (N.J.) Superintendent of Schools Richard Labbe cancelled Sayreville War Memorial High School's football season Monday amid claims of hazing, though the details were unknown. But a parent of a Sayreville player talked to NJ.com today, and what happened sounds horrific and inhumane....
Police: Ex-High School Wrestler Steals Beach Cart, Assaults Five People
Lukas Iorio, a former champion wrestler from Bergen Catholic High School (N.J.), was arrested Sunday for an alleged Jersey Shore beach cart rampage that totaled at 13 charges against him and at least five fights....
Taking The Train To The Super Bowl Is A Disaster
This is what happens when you don't let people drive to a football game. Thousands are trying to get to MetLife Stadium for the Super Bowl and since the NFL made less than half the total parking spaces available for the game, won't let you walk to the game and will turn around most cabs, the only pr...
That Is One Mighty Looking Sandwich
Here's a Foodspin reader offering up this monstrosity as a notable foodstuff of the state of New Jersey. It goes by the name "Sloppy Joe," although I think most people will find that it has precious little in common with the disreputable but delicious brick-colored-beef-slop-on-a-bun usually associ...
Somebody Should Let Menendez And Lautenberg Know About This
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