Wednesday, May 22, 2013
New York Yankees and Manchester City have teamed up to bring a new professional soccer team to NYC by 2015.
The New York Red Bulls, who call Harrison their home, will not be the only face of professional footy in the metropolitan area for much longer. New York City is planning to kick the ball around in the MLS come the spring of 2015. Major League Soccer Commissioner Dan Garber announced the birth of the newest franchise in the MLS: the New York City Football Club. The new club will be owned by 2012 Barclay’s Premier League champions Manchester City and the 27 time World Series champion New York Yankees. “This opportunity is huge for us and huge for the city. We will work to deliver good, beautiful football to the fans in New York,” said Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano. “We are very happy and honored to have the Yankees as partners.” Yankees…
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Irvington native signed a 3-year, $6 million contract with the Jets in March.
Jets running back Mike Goodson was sent to a Morris County jail following his arrest on drug and weapons charges in Denville Friday. Goodson, 25, was the passenger in a GMC Yukon stopped in the left center lane of I-80 West when a tow truck came upon them and called 911 early Friday morning, according to multiple reports. The tow truck driver reportedly was concerned about the intoxicated condition in which he found Goodson and the driver of the Yukon. Goodson was transported to Saint Claire’s Hospital in nearby Boonton and eventually charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a handgun, and possession of a hollow-point bullet, according to ESPN. The driver of the…
Former NBA player Chris Herren shares drug battle, recovery with community.
About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains. It was just a little drinking and smoking on the weekends in high school. It was just a little cocaine offered by a friend in college. It was just one little yellow pill during the offseason. Then it was a career down the tubes. Then it was two drug overdoses, one of which was heart-stopping. Then it was a family that turned away because of too much pain. For more than an hour, Chris Herren, a once-heralded high school basketball star, college hoops standout and second round National Basketball Association draft …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Kinnelon High School standout is one of the top 50 discus throwers in the country.
Troy Andretta couldn’t be happier. The Kinnelon senior won the discus competition at the Morris County Track and Field Championships this week. “It meant so much for me to do well,” Andretta said. “I’m so happy, not just for myself, but for the people who helped me get there.” And that’s where the real story about Andretta is: his humility. Andretta, who not only won the county championship for the discus, has qualified to compete at the New Balance Nationals in June. He will compete in the discus, hammer throw, and shot put in the national competition. He is one of the top 50 discus competitors in the country. “I want to get that state sectional title,” said Andretta, a University of Mommouth commit, who is quick to thank his family, …
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Mike Crampton scored 34 goals for the U.S. Air Force Academy team this season.
Mike Crampton was named the most valuable player of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s lacrosse team. Crampton, a team co-captain and Kinnelon native, scored 34 goals this season, the most in 15 years. He scored three goals in eight games this season. Crampton, a junior, is also just the fifth player in the last 20 years to score 100 or more goals. Crampton scored 29 goals his sophomore year and 16 goals as a freshman. Crampton helped his team win a state sectional championship and county championship in high school.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Estimated 400,000 people expected in region; team practices to be held in Florham Park and Media Day in Newark
The 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium is expected to have a $550 million economic impact on New Jersey and New York, with an estimated 400,000 people in the region, according to a report on dailyrecord.com. Businesses should start preparing for the flood of visitors now, according to speakers at The Big Game Huddle, an informational and networking event held Wednesday at Raritan Valley Country Club. “Start the celebration now,” said Wayne Hasenbalg, president and chief executive officer of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. “You don’t have to wait until the week before the game," he told the dailyrecord.com. That impact will be felt in North and Central Jersey, as one of the competing teams will practice at the Atlantic …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Lacrosse player Mike Crampton helps take the Air Force Falcons to victory.
A Kinnelon resident was part of the effort that led the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons lacrosse team to a 16-12 win over Geneva, N.Y.'s Hobart College Statesmen Saturday afternoon at the military team's home stadium. Kinnelon High School graduate Mike Crampton, a junior at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, scored three goals to achieve a hat trick for the Falcons in the season ender. Crampton's hat trick was just part of the game's action, which offered sloppy play—including nine turnovers—in the first period, but became hotly contested in the second. Junior Erik Smith of Colorado earned a career-topping four goals, sophomore Ryland de Pol of Maryland landed a hat trick and Pennsylvanian Keith Dreyer, a sophomore, landed a personal best …
Monday, April 29, 2013
Game ended after Kinnelon scored enough runs to invoke mercy rule.
The North Jersey Baseball and Softball League Kinnelon Colts 14U softball team won the Kinnelon Xtreme 14U Tournament with a commanding 10-2 win over the Parsippany ICE at Kinnelon Recreation Park in Butler last Friday, according to a Youth1 report. Both the Colts and the ICE went into the championship game with a 4-0 record in tournament play. Despite the lopsided score, strong performances were shown by both teams' pitchers: The Colts' Alexa Saccomanno, and Parsippany’s Caitlin Brennan and relievers Jenna Waldsteadt and Nicole Ruggiero. Kinnelon had the hottest bats, thanks to Saccomanno, Lainey Lewis, Maddy Ledwith, Daniella Burnett and Jessie Ratz. Emily Carlos and Elisa Feola of the ICE showed their stuff in the fourth inning of…
Center tells SI.com in first-person account he "didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.”
Former New Jersey Nets center Jason Collins, who played for six seasons with the team including a championship run in the 2002-03 season, revealed he was gay in a soon-to-be published story. Collins said in a first-person account in the May 6 edition of Sports Illustrated posted on SI.com that he “didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.” He tells the magazine, “I still love the game, and I still have something to offer. My coaches and teammates recognize that. At the same time, I want to be genuine and authentic and truthful.” In the story, Collins describes how the first person he came out to was his aunt, a Superior Court judge in San …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Brendan Kelly pitched eight innings against Ramapo College Sunday.
In a double-header against 14th-ranked Ramapo College Sunday, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) won one game and lost another. Brendan Kelly, a native of Butler and a graduate of Butler High School, pitched eight innings for the TCNJ Lions in the first game, which TCNJ won 6-4. He struck out six runners and scattered nine hits. Learn more at the TCNJ College Athletics page.
Phil Brooks
5:26 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
James, Why belittle another sport (which I dislike, by the way) in order to make your point? And all my point was that the attempt to market MLS as "major league," given the premiere leagues already in places--a number in Europe--was, to me, a waste of time. Can you go to an MLS game and have a great time and see a competitive, fairly topnotch game? Sure, in the same way you can go see the … more ›