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13 N.J. T.G.I. Fridays, Among Others, Busted For Selling Phony Booze
Nothin' like a scotch-on-the-rocks to make up for a hard day at the office. On second thought, there isn't anything like it if you aren't drinking at a T.G.I. Fridays (or an establishment of similar repute) in New Jersey. If that is where you drink your scotch, there is indeed something like it, acc...
Blind Boston Marathoner Saved By Running Guide With Cramps
Many times after a tragedy like Monday's in Boston, accounts of fortuitous near-misses begin to trickle down through the press. This is one of those accounts....
Five New Jersey Mayors Are Threatening To Withhold Police And Emergency Services From Next Year's Super Bowl
Many a lame observation has been made about the likelihood that next year's Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium will be ruined by bad weather like the stuff we've got now. It's silly. Rare is the storm that dumps a foot of snow on the New York metropolitan area, and rarer still is the football fan that wo...
The Ravens Kicking Coach Is Already Mayor Of One New Jersey Town, Wants To Be Governor
Randy Brown has been the mayor of Evesham Township in New Jersey since 2007, and the Baltimore Ravens kicking coach since 2008. Brown was once kicking coach of the Chicago Bears, a consultant with the Eagles, and has run a kicking camp. In his tenure with the Ravens, punter Sam Koch has set and beat...
2014 Super Bowl Host Committee Wonders Why Joe Flacco Dissed His Home State Of New Jersey
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Playing at MetLife Stadium is "retarded?" Why doesn't Flacco have any Jersey pride?...
Titans Wide Receiver Kenny Britt Wanted For Questioning In Connection With His Brother's Stabbing
Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt dropped off his recently stabbed younger brother at a Jersey City hospital late on Saturday night, and has not spent his Sunday cooperating with the subsequent police investigation. The Jersey Journal reports:...
All Four Major Commissioners Whined In A Court Record About New Jersey's Plan To Legalize Sports Betting
The state of New Jersey plans to legalize sports wagering as early as January by defying the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. Governor Chris Christie and other New Jersey lawmakers support this on the theory that it would cut into the profits of the many illegal and offshore s...
The NCAA Is Fighting New Jersey And Chris Christie To Protect The Sanctity Of Illegal Underground Amateur Sports Gambling
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
The Big Bad NCAA Swings The Hammer On New Jersey, And Pretty Much Whiffs
The state of New Jersey is going to allow sports betting, starting January 2013, and the NCAA is miffed. As Yahoo's Dan Wetzel put it,...
New Jersey State Senator Wants To Ban Replacement Referees
After witnessing the debacle that was last night's Packers-Seahawks game, New Jersey state senator Stephen Sweeney announced that he is planning to introduce legislation that will ban replacement officials from being used in professional sporting events, a move that is totally reasonable and defini...
New Jersey Wants To Legalize Sports Betting. The NCAA, MLB, NFL, NBA And NHL Want To Stop Them.
New Jersey has announced plans to allow sports betting at Atlantic City casinos, and the major sports leagues are not pleased. The NCAA, MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL filed a lawsuit last week arguing that New Jersey's sports betting plan violates a 1992 federal law....
New Era's "Chicago Vs. Chicago" Spot Is Actually Set At A Hoboken Bar
Official MLB cap provider New Era's launched a series of ads titled "Chicago Vs. Chicago" in which popular character actors Nick Offerman and Craig Robinson argue over the merits of the Cubs versus the White Sox. This debate takes place, as we're led to believe in an establishing shot, in a Chicago...
New Jersey Football Team Makes Triumphant Return To New Jersey
We are currently watching, with attention as rapt as rapt can be, the silent helicopter-cam of Newark Liberty International Airport, where the Giants are due to land any moment. The team, which proudly plays out of East Rutherford, N.J., will hold a ticker-tape parade tomorrow across state lines in ...
"The Teacher Tells Me When A Girls Squirts That's Not A Organism": Top Recruit's Twitter Gets Him Expelled
Yuri Wright, the seventh-best cornerback in the country according to Rivals.com, is finding his options curtailed. Michigan has reportedly dropped its pursuit, and Rutgers is reconsidering a campus visit. Oh, and he got kicked out of high school, so he needs to find somewhere to finish his senior ye...
Jersey City Assemblyman Is Sorry A Friend Wrote About Dallas "Cowgirls" And Philly "Gaybirds" On His Facebook Page
Charles Mainor, an assemblyman and Giants fan out of Jersey City, N.J., was the victim of an insensitive friend's Facebook posting over the weekend. Take note, pols: Blaming your friends, it seems, just might be the new hacking claim....
Watch Turkeys Intimidate A Mother And Son Thanks To Someone Who Chose To Record Instead Of Help
Whomever posted oldie-but-goodie "When Wild Turkeys Attack Indian People" two years ago claimed it was shot in Cherry Hill, NJ. I grew up across the mighty Cooper River from Cherry Hill, NJ and never seen no turkeys sprinting down the sidewalks. But whatever....
New Jersey Man Threatens Lawsuit Because His Daughter Didn't Make The All-County Softball First Team
A high school softball player hits .571 (which was not, by the way, the best average on her team) with nine homers and 46 RBI, and she doesn't make the all-state team. Tough shit, homegirl, most would say. We've all had our disappointments, especially in high school. But our fathers never sued....
Newark A Horrible Place To Visit, But Better Than Syracuse
Yesterday, the big news was that John Calipari had moved the Wildcats out of their Newark hotel, giving some excuse about wanting a place "on the outskirts of the city ... so they didn't have any distractions." I don't know if I buy that, because I don't think you can get any more outskirty than an ...
High School Hockey Championship Decided — 21 Years Later
The 1989 New Jersey state title, abandoned after a measles outbreak, was finally played earlier this month. This story is like if Chris Chelios and J-Woww had a baby. [Star-Ledger, via Puck Daddy]...
Last Night's Winner: Newark
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the people of New Jersey's shooting-est city, who managed to make it an entire month without getting murdered. This is actually an accomplishment in Newark....