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NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl LVIII NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl LVIII
NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl Lviii Three former Rutgers University football players will face off in Super Bowl LVIII, including one New Jersey native trying to win his third Lombardi Trophy and two Scarlet Knights looking to earn their second championship. Kansas City Chiefs starting running back Isiah Pacheco, of Vineland, helped lead the defending champions in the AFC title game at Baltimore on Sunday, Jan. 28. He rushed for 68 yards, caught four balls for 14 yards, and scored a second-quarter touchdown to put the Chiefs ahead of the Ravens for good in their 17-10 win. In a postgame interview with FOX Sports, Pacheco said…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Ex-Jet Muhammad Wilkerson Busted For DWI, Gun Loaded With Hollow Points In North Jersey Stop Ex-Jet Muhammad Wilkerson Busted For DWI, Gun Loaded With Hollow Points In North Jersey Stop
Ex-Jet Muhammad Wilkerson Busted For DWI, Gun Loaded With Hollow Points In North Jersey Stop Former New York Jets pass rusher Muhammad Wilkerson was busted for driving drunk in North Jersey again, only this time with a loaded gun under his seat, according to a published report. Wilkerson told police who stopped him in an unidentified Morris County town shortly after 6:30 a.m. Dec. 22 that he was coming from a club in New York City, TMZ. reported. Police said the retired defensive end smelled strongly of alcohol and was arrested after failing a field sobriety test, according to documents filed in Superior Court in Morristown. Wilkerson, a 34-year-old Linden native, reportedly claim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Giants QB Tommy DeVito's Agent ‘Italian Jerry Maguire’ Is A Mass Sports Legend Giants QB Tommy DeVito's Agent ‘Italian Jerry Maguire’ Is A Mass Sports Legend
Giants QB Tommy DeVito's Agent ‘Italian Jerry Maguire’ Is A Mass Sports Legend The football world got its first taste of New York Giants Quarterback Tommy DeVito's agent on Monday night, but Massachusetts residents and many college football fans in New York already knew him. Sean P. Stellato made a splash Monday night, Dec. 11, when a video of him and DeVito went viral on X, formerly Twitter, with even Barstool Sports Owner David Portnoy shouting him out. Though, in true Portnoy fashion, he has a small grudge with the former Salem High School alum.  This motherfucker wrote a book about beating Swampscott my senior year. What a world! https://t.co/3wLRG84HF…

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by Josh Lanier
Sports
Aaron Rodgers Lands In NJ, Introduced As New Jets QB Aaron Rodgers Lands In NJ, Introduced As New Jets QB
Aaron Rodgers Lands In NJ, Introduced As New Jets QB Aaron Rodgers is ready for takeoff. The new New York Jets quarterback met with the media at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park on Wednesday, April 26.  Rodgers was traded to the Jets on Tuesday, April 25 after 18 years with the Green Bay Packers, where he won a Super Bowl and was named MVP four times. WE GOT HIM.@AaronRodgers12 is OFFICIALLY a member of the New York Jets.📰 https://t.co/A5wWuEXqQS pic.twitter.com/41IPSHx4fG — New York Jets (@nyjets) April 26, 2023 "This is a surreal day for me after spending 18 years in the same city," Rodgers said. "There's a lot…

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by Sam Barron
Sports
Aaron Rodgers Rumored To Be Dating Former Princeton Track Star Mallory Edens Aaron Rodgers Rumored To Be Dating Former Princeton Track Star Mallory Edens
Aaron Rodgers Rumored To Be Dating Former Princeton Track Star Mallory Edens She's a runner, she's a track star — and now she's Aaron Rodgers' girlfriend, allegedly. Princeton University grad Mallory Edens, whose father is Milwaukee Bucks owner Wes Edens, is rumored to be dating Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Sportsgossip.com reports. Mallory Edens, the daughter of the Milwaukee Bucks owner, is wearing a Pusha shirt on the sideline 🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/os5fXEQO3T — Out of Bounds (@SI_outofbounds) May 24, 2019 Rodgers, 39, and Edens, 26, have apparently been pals for years and were spotted sitting next to each other at a Bucks game in December — bu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Former NY Giant Antonio Dennard Killed In Pennsylvania Bar Shooting Former NY Giant Antonio Dennard Killed In Pennsylvania Bar Shooting
Former NY Giant Antonio Dennard Killed In Pennsylvania Bar Shooting Authorities have identified the 32-year-old man slain at a Pennsylvania bar over the weekend as former NFL cornerback Antonio Dennard.  Dennard was shot dead at Legends bar on North 5th Street Highway in Muhlenberg Township just after 3 a.m. Sunday morning, according to the Berks County Coroner's Office and a report by WFMZ. Officials said the official cause of death is pending further examination. An autopsy has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Coroner's Office added.  Muhlenberg Township police and the Berks County District Attorney's Office are investigating the case a…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text
Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text BOMBSHELL: Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL, the New York Giants, his former team and the Denver Broncos for what he contends is a "painful history of racism that continues through the present day." Flores was three days away from a final interview for the Giants' head coaching job when New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick mistakenly sent a text congratulating him, according to a class-action lawsuit he filed in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Belichick apparently thought he was texting Brian Daboll, the man whom th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Tampa Bay Bucs WR Antonio Brown Accused Of Using Fake Vax Cards Tampa Bay Bucs WR Antonio Brown Accused Of Using Fake Vax Cards
Tampa Bay Bucs WR Antonio Brown Accused Of Using Fake Vax Cards Whether Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown will play against the Giants on Monday night has become a bigger question than before. The Tampa Bay Tribune reported Thursday that Brown is accused of obtaining a phony COVID-19 vaccination card so he could avoid NFL requirements. The report sources Brown's personal chef, Steven Ruiz, with whom the 33-year-old Pro Bowl receiver allegedly had a falling out over an uncollected debt. Ruiz said Brown showed him bogus vaccination cards that he'd gotten for himself and his girlfriend before the beginning of the Super Bowl champions' train…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Sparta HS Football Player Cody Ulrich Dies, 28 Sparta HS Football Player Cody Ulrich Dies, 28
Sparta HS Football Player Cody Ulrich Dies, 28 Cody LaMont Ulrich, a 2009 Sparta High School graduate and football player, died Thursday, April 16. He was 28. Ulrich -- who had been living in Pompano Beach, Florida when he died -- played football during his freshman and part of his sophomore year. He was known for his intelligence and kind heart. Ulrich had earned his Journeyman’s certification at Dixie Plumbing and later worked for Home Depot, his obituary says. Fueled by a passion for all things Egypt, Ulrich had aspirations of becoming an Egyptologist. He also loved music, Star Wars and the Green Bay Packers, according to his obitua…

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by Valerie Musson
Sports
Plainfield's Rashan Gary Drafted By Packers In First Round Plainfield's Rashan Gary Drafted By Packers In First Round
Plainfield's Rashan Gary Drafted By Packers In First Round Plainfield native Rashan Gary was drafted by the Green Bay Packers Thursday, going 12th overall in the NFL draft.  A 6'4", 277-lb. defensive end, Gary, who attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School before transferring to Paramus Catholic, was the No.1-ranked recruit among high school seniors in 2016. He eventually went to Michigan, where he played three seasons.  Gary earned All-Big 10 honors in his sophomore year at Michigan and was a first-team pick for the Wolverines again in 2018.  He's expected to become an instant starter by the NFL.  

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by Paul Milo