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NJ Little League team loses state final when game suspended for rain, then officials declare it ‘over’
A New Jersey girls’ Little League team lost the state championship final last week, after their game was suspended by lightning and officials refused to let the players complete the final innings the following day as planned. The call left the kids and others questioning the fairness of the decision. The Toms River Little League Majors 12-year-old softball team played their final game against Hanover on Wednesday, but play was suspended before the start of the sixth inning due to the storm. Tournament officials initially said the game would be played the following day, but Toms River’s coach Brad Bossow got an...
Where Rutgers football landed in 2024 Big Ten preseason poll
With more than a dozen senior starters returning, a potentially elite defense, the Big Ten’s leading rusher, a new face at quarterback and a historically favorable schedule, there is reason to believe that Rutgers is on the brink of a special season. The rest of the Big Ten seems...
Rutgers Football: Early schedule prediction for 2024 season
We’re back for another schedule prediction for the 2024 Rutgers Football season. This is the July edition with the final one coming out ahead of the season opener vs. Howard. In June, the first prediction was shared and it had the Scarlet Knights returning to a bowl game with...
Roselle hires new football coach for upcoming season
ROSELLE, NJ — Another Union County school will have a new head football coach for the upcoming 2024 season. While Union and Westfield promoted from within, with Jason Scott named the interim head coach at Union High School and Matt Andzel the head coach at Westfield High School, Abraham Clark High School in Roselle decided to go a different direction once Ibrahim Halsey left to become the head coach at South Brunswick High School.
Rutgers Running Backs Preview: 2024
Next up in our series of breaking down each position on Rutgers roster, we have the running backs. Rutgers has one of the deepest backfields in terms of running backs in the entire Big Ten, including the Big Ten’s leading rusher in 2023, so this post will cover the four on the top of Rutgers’ depth chart.
Bon chance, Paris — New York City should never host the Olympics
When the Olympic Games kick off Friday, I’ll be overcome by a powerful wave of emotions. I’ll be filled with pride for our 592 Team USA athletes, including Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, who are brilliantly representing our country in Paris, France. I’ll be giddy about obsessing over weird sports such as dressage and synchronized swimming that only get their moment in the sun every four years. Most of all though, I will heave a huge sigh of relief. Because the Olympics are, yet again, not taking place here in New York City. No FOMO for me! What the chipper, wall-to-wall TV coverage does not...
The Monday Morning Kickoff
It's time to start a new week in the Rutgers sports world. It's time to start a new week in the Rutgers sports world. It is about to be a busy time for Rutgers football as training camp is just around the corner while other things will get going this week. The battles of August will soon be at hand during an upcoming season that has already created high expectations.
Big Ten primer — Rutgers’ greatest football moment
USC is joining the Big Ten and helping to create an 18-school superconference with the other West Coast schools leaving the Pac-12. The Trojans will participate in Big Ten media days next week in Indianapolis. The newness of their surroundings and the freshness of their situation will become apparent when they join a media extravaganza with Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, and other schools from the Midwest. As we get to know USC’s new Big Ten neighbors, let’s consider the greatest football moment in the history of Rutgers University. It’s an old memory, literally the oldest college football memory we have. College...
Special Teams Preview: Rutgers 2024
Next up on our Rutgers football 2024 position preview list, we have the special teams. Rutgers special teams were truly special last year as they typically are under head coach Greg Schiano. Multiple blocked kicks and consistent field goal kicking were major backbones for the Scarlet Knights in 2023 and 2024 looks to be more of the same.
These 21 New York athletes in 11 sports are ready to shine in the 2024 Summer Olympics
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The 2024 Olympics is happening in Paris from July 24 to Aug. 11 — less than a week away — with the Opening ceremonies taking place on July 26. This year, the Opening Ceremony will be a boat parade with about 100 boats traveling down a 3.7-mile stretch of the Seine river while passing French landmarks and Olympic venues and under some of Paris’ most iconic bridges.
Legendary College Athletic Director Hospitalized Sunday Morning
A legendary college athletics director has been hospitalized on Sunday morning. Former UMass athletics director Bob Marcum has been taken to the hospital due to complications with a stroke, according to Arkansas head coach John Calipari. Coach Cal took to social media to announce the news on Sunday ...
Bowdoin College and Team Haiti swimmer third in his family to compete at Olympics
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Like many Maine college students, Alex Grand'Pierre is spending his summer far from campus. The Bowdoin College senior has an internship in New York City and during business hours he is getting used to the "real world." But after he clocks out for the day, Grand'Pierre's...
TAPinto Rahway Stops by Girls Summer Basketball Practice
RAHWAY, NJ — Heading out to take care of a few things the other day, TAPinto Rahway decided to pay a visit to the Rahway High School (RHS) girls varsity basketball team. Though the season doesn't take place until the winter, Head Coach Jorge Gutierrez told us that the team would be in the high school gymnasium running through one of its summer practices. So we thought it was a good time, about midway into the summer, to stop by, snap a few photos, and see what the girls were up to. The varsity team is expecting five...
New Jersey Swimmers Fallon and Alexy Earn Spots in U.S. Olympic Trials
NEW JERSEY - Two New Jersey swimmers, Matt Fallon of Warren and Jack Alexy of Mendham, have earned spots in the U.S. trials for the 2024 Olympics, which kick off in Paris on July 26. Fallon broke the American record in the 200-meter breaststroke, while Alexy secured his spot in the 100-meter freestyle by outperforming a seven-time gold medalist. Fallon, a 2021 graduate of the Pingry School in Basking Ridge, broke numerous records during his high school career. Notably, he set the National Independent High School Record in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 3:50.65, surpassing...
Rutgers Football Top 50 Preseason Player Countdown: No.35 Al-Shadee Salaam
The start of the 2024 Rutgers football season is just around the corner and that means it's time for Scarlet Nation's annual Top 50 player projections. We will be counting down the top 50 players based on projections of how they will perform this season. The list moves on with a look at No.35, Al-Shadee Salaam.
2025 Washington G Kaden Powers talks Rutgers Basketball offer
Rutgers Basketball has sent out another new offer this week to a class of 2025 prospect recently as three-star guard Kaden Powers took to social media to announce the news. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard hails from Rainer Beach High School out in Washington and Powers spoke with The Knight Report not too long after receiving the offer.
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