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NJ Athletes Lead USA Women's Field Hockey Back To Olympics NJ Athletes Lead USA Women's Field Hockey Back To Olympics
NJ Athletes Lead USA Women's Field Hockey Back To Olympics Team USA will make its return to the Olympics in women's field hockey and a duo from New Jersey helped the 16-player squad earn a summer trip to France. The U.S. beat Japan 2-1 in the semifinals of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi, India, on Thursday, Jan. 18. Ashley Hoffman and Abby Tamer scored about three minutes apart in the fourth quarter to earn the comeback victory for the United Eagles. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—– ๐—š๐—”๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #Paris2024 | #Olympics Posted by USA Field Hockey on Thursday, January 18, 2024 This will be tโ€ฆ

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by Chris Spiker
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Olympian Gabby Douglas Joins Bergen's Livvy Dunne At WME Sports Olympian Gabby Douglas Joins Bergen's Livvy Dunne At WME Sports
Olympian Gabby Douglas Joins Bergen's Livvy Dunne At WME Sports She's in good company. Virginia's Gabby Douglas has been signed to WME Sports, the same agency that represents some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment, including New Jersey's Livvy Dunne. View this post on Instagram A post shared by WME Sports (@wmesports) The news comes after the 2012 Olympic all-around champion and 2015 World all-around silver medalistย announced she'd be returning to competitive gymnastics. While 27-year-old Douglas, who was born in Newport News and raised in Virginia Beach, did not join Team USA at the US Cโ€ฆ

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by Cecilia Levine
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Olympian Who Trained In NJ Bringing Peruvian Restaurant To Amazon's New Virginia Headquarters Olympian Who Trained In NJ Bringing Peruvian Restaurant To Amazon's New Virginia Headquarters
Olympian Who Trained In NJ Bringing Peruvian Restaurant To Amazon's New Virginia Headquarters An Olympic rower who spent three years training in New Jersey is bringing the restaurant that he opened as a food truck with his brother 10 years ago to Amazon's new Virginia headquarters this summer. Giuseppe Lanzone, who trained as a rower with Team USA in Princeton from 2006 to 2009, and Mario Lanzone, say the opportunity to bring Peruvian Brothers to HQ2 in Arlington was one they couldn't turn down. โ€œWe came [to America] to look for a better future,โ€ the former Olympian said. โ€œI feel like I am living the American Dream... and we are still trying to achieve that every day.โ€ The brotherโ€ฆ

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Track Star Turns Olympic Bobsledder Amid COVID Crisis NJ Track Star Turns Olympic Bobsledder Amid COVID Crisis
NJ Track Star Turns Olympic Bobsledder Amid COVID Crisis A rising track-star-turned-bobsledder from the Garden State is taking on an Olympic challenge amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Lauren Brzozowski of Wyckoff says sheโ€™s been working toward her goal of becoming an Olympic athlete for โ€œas long as she can remember.โ€ Brzozowski pursued an incredibly successful athletic career with track in high school before earning a spot on the D1 track team at Elon University before earning the largest international athlete scholarship offered by Loughborough University. The scholarship would allow Brzozowski to represent the university โ€” which is one of thโ€ฆ

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ's Sydney McLaughlin Sets New Olympic World Record To Win Gold NJ's Sydney McLaughlin Sets New Olympic World Record To Win Gold
NJ's Sydney McLaughlin Sets New Olympic World Record To Win Gold New Jersey native Sydney McLaughlin broke yet another world record Wednesday on the Olympic track in Tokyo. The 21-year-old Dunellen native ran aย 51.46 race -- 12ย hundredths of a second faster than Dalila Muhammad -- in the 400-meter hurdles. McLaughlin during the Olympic trials became the first female athlete to break 52 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles, running a 51.9 race.ย  SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN SETS THE WORLD RECORD IN THE WOMENโ€™S 400M HURDLES FINAL AND TAKES GOLD๐Ÿ”ฅHer U.S. teammate Dalilah Muhammad won the silver! ๐Ÿ‘(via @NBCOlympics)pic.twitter.com/UnkN8dBa2S โ€” SportsCenter (@SportsCenโ€ฆ

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by Cecilia Levine
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Watch NJ Native, Olympic Bobsled Hopeful On New HBO Max Reality Dating Show Watch NJ Native, Olympic Bobsled Hopeful On New HBO Max Reality Dating Show
Watch NJ Native, Olympic Bobsled Hopeful On New HBO Max Reality Dating Show He loves cracking backs and is hoping to make it to the U.S. men's bobsledding team later this summer. But there's one more thing you should know about New Jersey native Fernando Titus. There's a chance he's a major "F-boy." The 27-year-old chiropractor who was raised in Jersey City will be competing on a new HBO Max reality dating show "Fboy Island," premiering July 29. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fernando Titus | FBOY Island (@_nandeezy) Titus and 23 other male contestants are split into two groups of 12: Nice boys and โ€ฆ

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by Cecilia Levine
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NBA Legend Kobe Bryant, Daughter Among Nine Killed In Helicopter Crash NBA Legend Kobe Bryant, Daughter Among Nine Killed In Helicopter Crash
NBA Legend Kobe Bryant, Daughter Among Nine Killed In Helicopter Crash This story has been updated. NBA legend and former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was among nine people, including his teenage daughter,  killed in a helicopter crash in southern California, authorities said. The crash happened just northwest of downtown Los Angeles at about 9:45 a.m. Pacific time on Sunday, Jan. 26. The private chopper burst into flames after crashing amid foggy conditions in the hills over Calabasas. The cause of the crash is under investigation.  Initial reports had listed the number of casualties as five. In an afternoon press conference, the Los Angelesโ€ฆ

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by Joe Lombardi