Tag: NFL
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NFL player, Sayreville native holds youth football camp
SAYREVILLE – NFL player Myles Hartsfield held a youth football camp on the same field he played as a Sayreville Junior Bomber when he was a youngster. About 100 campers greeted Hartsfield, who said it “meant a lot to him” to be back in his hometown on the same field on June 11, according to…
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Eric LeGrand Coffee House opening is ‘proud papa’ moment for Rutgers Football Coach Greg Schiano
WOODBRIDGE – Like the sign said inside the Eric Legrand Coffee House: “It’s bean worth the wait.” With much fanfare, Eric LeGrand, with his mother Karen by his side, officially opened his brick-and-mortar operation at 10 Green St. on May 14 with the village that essentially carried him from the age of 5 growing up…
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Red Cross teams with NFL to urge blood and plasma donation during National Blood Donor Month
The American Red Cross and the National Football League are teaming up this January, during National Blood Donor Month, to urge individuals – especially those who have recovered from COVID-19 – to give blood and to help tackle the national convalescent plasma shortage. Right now, more donors are needed to help hospital patients. Those who…
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NFL Hall of Fame running back and Bordentown Military Institute graduate Floyd Little passes away at age 78
Floyd Little didn’t do speeches, he told stories from the heart. Bordentown City Mayor James Lynch still remembers to this day that statement the National Football League legend told him. Growing up watching Little shred defenses during his two years on the Bordentown Military Institute (BMI) football team, Lynch got to know the NFL Hall…
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Registration open for Scoop and Score Youth Football Camp on June 24
For a third straight year, the Edison Recreation Department is partnering with current and former NFL players to offer the “Scoop and Score” Youth Football Camp, an innovative one-day football camp, that teaches youngsters ages 6–18 skills they can use on the playing field and in everyday life. Among the participating NFL players on June…
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Former NFL player advises students to set and pursue goals
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Middle school students in the Freehold Township K-8 School District recently received some advice from a former professional football player who hails from Monmouth County. Donald Brown, a running back who played in the National Football League for seven seasons, spoke to sixth through eighth grade students…
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State loses again on sports betting
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — New Jersey’s multi-year pursuit of legalized sports betting took another hit last week after a federal court ruled against the state law allowing sports betting at casinos and racetracks. Dennis Drazin, adviser to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, which operates Monmouth Park, said the 10-2 ruling by…
