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President Obama Comments On Boston Marathon Explosion [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:21:06 +0000

President Obama promises to get to the bottom of today’s Boston Marathon explosions. As he offered thoughts and prayers for those affected by the explosions, he didn’t offer any new information about the incident but promised “make not mistake, we will get to the bottom of this” and “those responsible for explosions `will feel the [...]

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 [...]

Did NJ High School Basketball Coach Cause Player's Vision Loss? [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:41:02 +0000

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: This afternoon Townsquare Media NJ received a letter from members of the St. Peter's Prep basketball team in support of Coach Todd Decker. In the letter, the players say, "at no point ever have we felt threatened or fearful in any towards Coach Decker." They go on to say, "Coach Decker has nothing but our support and dedication."

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, [...]

Olympian Pistorius Charged With Murder Of Girlfriend [VIDEO]

Townsquare News Network — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:41:15 +0000

Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of [...]

Ravens Win The Super Bowl, 34-31 [POLL/VIDEO]

Townsquare News Network — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:00:52 +0000

A power outage at the Super Bowl put the nation’s biggest sporting event on hold for more than a half-hour Sunday, interrupting an otherwise electric, back-and-forth game that ended with Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens as NFL champions thanks to a 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.[button href="http://nj1015.com/tags/super-bowl-xlvii/" title="FULL COVERAGE: Super Bowl XLVII" align="center"] [...]

Armstrong Admits Doping: "I'm A Flawed Character" [VIDEO/POLL]

Townsquare News Network — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:26:24 +0000

He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped.[button href="http://nj1015.com/tags/lance-armstrong/" title="FULL COVERAGE: Lance Armstrong" align="center"] He was light on the details and didn’t name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. And he was certain his “fate was sealed” when longtime friend, training partner [...]

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 [...]

South Jersey Special Olympian Given Key to the City

Tom Morgan — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:52:44 +0000

A newly selected special Olympic athlete has received a key to the city of…. Sea Isle! Maureen Larson will be representing South Jersey, and the United States, in the Special Olympics scheduled for January in South Korea. Maureen will be competing in down-hill skiing. Congrats Maureen! Feel free to leave your comments and [...]

Things You Should Do At A Phillies Game

Tom Morgan — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:45:07 +0000

I've only ventured to Philadelphia to take part in a Phillies game twice. The first time I went, my friends and I were late and I only got to watch half of the game.

The second time was yesterday as the boys in red took on the Mets, and I decided....

Hilarious Goal Celebration-FAIL [VIDEO]

Tom Morgan — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:30:03 +0000

A phenominal soccer goal gone phenonominally bad!