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A lot has changed since Dennis McCarthy began his career as New Jersey’s premier college football recruiting expert. For one, the West New York native’s home isn’t as cluttered with as many VHS tapes as it once was. He shares the home with his son and business partner David, a pairing that compiles The McCarthy …

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McCarthy family still tops in recruiting gameWNY native excited about 21st season evaluating New Jersey grid talent”

High school softball will undergo a major change next spring. That’s because the NJSIAA officially approved moving the pitching rubber back three feet, from the current 40 feet to 43 feet, away from home plate, beginning with the 2010 season. The NJSIAA softball rules committee said that the change was made upon the recommendation of …

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Softball pitching rule in effect for 2010Pitching rubber now placed at 43 feet; boxing card set at Schuetzen”

Major League Baseball’s RBI (Rebuilding Baseball in the Inner-City) program isn’t limited to just baseball and just boys. The RBI program also includes softball – and Jersey City has a very good team at that. For a second straight year, the Jersey City RBI softball team is headed to the RBI World Series. Last year, …

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Jersey City’s softball queensRBI softball squad heads to Florida for World Series”

Malik Wilson has been an active coach in a variety of sports for many years, including serving as an assistant football and baseball coach at his alma mater, Marist High School. But this summer, Wilson truly enjoyed one of his coaching endeavors, working with the 12-year-old All-Stars in the Greenville American Cal Ripken League in …

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Greenville American wins District 6 Ripken crownWeehawken enjoys fine run in first year of American Legion baseball”

Talk about your dream days. Two teams from Jersey City youth baseball traveled to Yankee Stadium Monday morning to play in Major League Baseball’s RBI (Rebuilding Baseball in the Inner-City) Regional championships. That alone is something that these youngsters will hold near and dear for the rest of their lives. It certainly inspired the two …

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Grand day for Jersey City baseball at Yankee StadiumBoth local RBI teams win regional titles, head to Florida”

It had been almost two full years of unemployment for long-time football coach Chris Demarest, but the 44-year-old former Rutgers University assistant did not give up hope of landing another position. “I had faith all the way,” Demarest said. “God put me on the earth for one thing. Coaching is a calling and I’m very …

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Hudson Catholic gives Demarest a new startFormer Rutgers assistant gets new beginning as school’s grid coach/AD”

Winning has become an annual thing for a special group of North Bergen baseball players. After all, they won Little League championships at practically every age level, winning District 7 championships as 10-year-olds in 2006, 11-year-olds in 2007 and last year, won the District 7 and Section 2 titles en route to becoming the first …

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Another baseball title for talented North Bergen bunchCapture the District 6 13-year-old Babe Ruth title, head to state tourney”

As Rickey Henderson stood at the podium outside the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. last Sunday to accept his induction into the most prestigious of all Halls of Fame in sports, the thoughts flashed back 31 years ago, to when Henderson was just a 19-year-old kid, playing minor league baseball in of …

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Recalling a summer with ‘The Man of Steal’Newest Hall of Famer Henderson spent one memorable year in Jersey City”

When Major League Baseball announced its plan two years ago to help encourage youngsters to take part in the national pastime, a program called RBI (Rebuilding Baseball in the Inner-City), one of the cities targeted was Jersey City. After all, Jersey City had been a hotbed of baseball talent for ages, with a host of …

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RBI baseball tourney comes to Jersey CityTeams from major cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore converge on area”