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There was a time when the Lincoln High School softball program was the utter laughingstock of the area, perhaps the single worst athletic program in all sports in the entire county. The 1962 Mets were world beaters in comparison. Charlie Brown punted the football with Lucy holding it more than the Lions won. Same goes …

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Lincoln softball enjoys a total transformationLong-time losing Lions evolve into overnight success story”

Sal Mendez was always destined for baseball stardom. His talents, especially as a left-handed pitcher, were recognized at an early age when he was selected to play on an assortment of local travel teams, including the exclusive Jersey City Sharks program, run and operated by Hudson County’s resident baseball guru, the late Ed “The Faa” …

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Weehawken’s Mendez emerging as a rising star”

The New Jersey Marathon Festival at the Shore will take place Sunday in Long Branch and incredibly, of the 11,000 runners who will participate in either the 26-mile marathon or 13.5-mile half marathon, an astounding 300 will be Hoboken residents. Only New York City will have more runners in the event than Hoboken – and …

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Hoboken runners flock to New Jersey MarathonArismendi makes college choice, signs with Southern University”

It was the kind of play, the highlight reel moment that legends are made of. It was the 1981 NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group IV basketball playoffs between Passaic and Snyder, a game being played in the humble confines of a place called the “Tigers’ Den” inside Snyder High School. It was a fiercely …

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A Jersey City hoops legend gone too soonTeammates, coach recall the legacy of ‘Boo-Bee’ Richardson”

At first, the transfer of Ruben Rivera to Marist High School looked like a major find for the Royal Knights’ baseball program. Rivera was a proven commodity, a pitcher who while playing for Warren Hills High School in Warren County, knocked off nationally ranked Hunterdon Central two years ago. Rivera spent his first two years …

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Marist’s Rivera makes up for lost yearAce hurler/hitter turns it up a notch for Royal Knights”

Two local schools made moves on their vacant head football coaching positions recently, with Weehawken securing the services of a local guy and Hudson Catholic reaching past the parameters of the county to get a coach with vast head coaching experience, something the program hadn’t had in their last two head coaches. Weehawken has named …

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New grid coaches at Weehawken, Hudson CatholicNaszimento goes to hold dual role at Weehawken; Eckert to coach Hawks”

Ray Coccioli sort of just stumbled into the best year of his coaching life, with every step of the journey simply getting better and better. A year ago, Coccioli was an assistant to Jim Tricarico with the Union City High School softball program. Tricarico was a fixture in Union City coaching circles, first as the …

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Union City softball tries to move up with the eliteSoaring Eagles’ chances bolstered by the arrival of newcomers”

Early April is usually Tony Ferrainolo’s best time of year. The high school baseball season is just getting into full swing in early spring and the veteran Memorial High School baseball coach loves the challenge that comes with a new team and a new season. It’s not the time of year where Hudson County’s dean …

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When Tomasz Adamek made the leap from cruiserweight to heavyweight in 2009, a lot of people believed it was a foolish and ill-conceived move. But the native of Poland, who once lived in Jersey City and still trains there, had only one thing in mind. “When I moved to heavyweight, my dream was to get …

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Adamek wins last showdown before KlitschkoBritt runs afoul of the law again; first Reporter Top Fives for spring”

It was October of 2009 when I received word that Ed Ford, better known simply throughout Hudson County athletic circles and beyond as “The Faa,” was not doing well. His host of health problems, most importantly congestive heart failure and diabetes, were catching up to him. He was in critical condition in the Jersey City …

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Remembering ‘The Faa’Jersey City’s resident baseball guru, popular sports columnist, dies at 65”