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The history of auto racing in various forms in New Jersey is a long one. From road races that cross-crossed the state to Atlantic City to raceway park and the Marlboro Grand Prix at the Meadowlands, the Garden State has found its way, even without the power of NASCAR, to come up when organizers look …
We have now entered the official countdown for London 2012, less than a year to go. So with NBC now locked back in for the long term, the USOC righting their corporate ship, and interest starting to move toward next summer, a few thoughts on what could make a dent in interest leading up to …
Full disclosure, the headline of this post was stolen from Mike Greenberg this morning on ESPN’s Mike and Mike, but it is very true. Thursday into Friday we have again seen the power and buzz, and the silliness generated by the immediacy of social media. We again see that maybe social media isn’t for everyone, …
They are on every talk show…one player adorns the rarefied air of the cover of Sports Illustrated. They are the new darlings of sport, despite their loss on Sunday. They are the women of American soccer, and their media tour this week has again helped to lift the profile of a sport…soccer…as much as if …
An NBA lockout (no summer league), an NFL lockout (no workouts), no Olympic prep and no baseball made the quietest day on the North American sports calender…the day after the MLB All-Star game, even quieter than usual this year. What did that mean? A chance for other second tier sports…other events, to own a day …
It is an underappreciated stepchild lost amongst professional sports of the spring, this college baseball. Competing against everything from MLB and the NBA Playoffs to spring football in some places, the competitive games, and potential future MLB stars, get lost in the mix. The sport on the collegiate level also suffers from the ills of …
Yes it’s lead in was a half hour Wonderbra commercial and yes the football vs. soccer comparison by Michael Strahan was unneeded and more than a tad insulting (or maybe it was more a statement about how far soccer still has to go in the States?), but “Brand Soccer” in the U.S. took another step …
Here we go again, lacrosse supporters. Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore will bring record crowds as the NCAA Lacrosse Final Four takes over the city. This year there is even more reason to celebrate, as new blood, the upstart fledgling program from the University of Denver, found and fought its way to the championship weekend …
For anyone who has a child with food-related allergies, combating the challenges of diet can be very difficult, especially if the allergic reactions are sometimes hard to track, undermarketed or without support in the mainstream. The violent reactions to peanut allergies have even created “peanut free zones” in schools and even at some public areas …
New York’s Times Square has always been known as “The Crossroads of the World.” Millions have gathered there to celebrate the end of wars, New Year’s Eve, election results etc etc…the events that mark the passage of time. Even at its seediest in the 1960’s and 1970’s, Time Square was always a place known the …