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Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl LVIII In First Season With NFL Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl LVIII In First Season With NFL
Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl Lviii In First Season With NFL A Trenton native is gearing up for the biggest game of his life when he takes the field for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. Ji'Ayir Brown is a starting safety for the Niners and will be ending his rookie season with a trip to the Super Bowl. He had ten tackles in San Francisco's comeback 34-31 win over the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Brown became a starter on the elite 49ers defense after fellow safety Talanoa Hufanga tore his right ACL in the third quarter of a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023.  Brown stepped right …

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by Chris Spiker
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Livvy Dunne Cheers On BF Paul Skenes For So-So Double-A Debut Livvy Dunne Cheers On BF Paul Skenes For So-So Double-A Debut
Livvy Dunne Cheers On BF Paul Skenes For So-So Double-A Debut Call it nerves under pressure or just bad luck, Paul Skenes' Double-A debut wasn't exactly his best game ever — even with his girlfriend Olivia Dunne in the stands. Skenes, who was the top pick of the July MLB Draft, started in the Saturday, Aug. 26 game for Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate Altoona Curve. And gave up four runs on three hits in the first inning alone. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pittsburgh Pirates (@pittsburghpirates) Skenes was pulled before he could complete his first inning in his debut, throwing more balls (1…

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by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine
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Sheriff's Officers In Newark Seize Guns, $30K In Marijuana 'Candy' Sheriff's Officers In Newark Seize Guns, $30K In Marijuana 'Candy'
Sheriff's Officers In Newark Seize Guns, $30K In Marijuana 'Candy' A drug buy witnessed by detectives in Newark Thursday led to four arrests as well as the seizure of marijuana edibles with a street value of about $30,000, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said. Plainclothes sheriff’s officers were conducting surveillance at Broadway and Bloomfield Place as part of an ongoing operation to stop drug trafficking in Newark’s North Ward. The sheriff’s office says Louis Roselle, 36, of Newark, was standing at 95 Broadway when a Ford Edge approached and a man got out. Roselle handed the man -- 21-year-old Patrick Caloway of Morristown -- two green bags in e…

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by Paul Milo