Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Barclays Invitational tournament ready to come to Liberty National In a month from now, all of the big names in professional golf will converge on Jersey City. Name the big time player, he’ll be there. Tiger Woods? Sure thing. Phil Mickelson? More than likely. Vijay Singh? Most definitely, because he’s the defending tournament champion. The …
Wins first game in Section tourney in Lyndhurst as well Castaldi Garcia was away from coaching Little League baseball in West New York for a little while. After coaching youngsters for more than 10 years, Garcia decided to walk away and concentrate on coaching older players, taking on the rigors of coaching a travel team …
Jersey City artist Lempa creates paintings on baseball cards, baseballs When Paul Lempa was growing up, art was always a part of his life. So was his affinity for sports. “I’ve always been artistic,” said Lempa, a Jersey City resident who was a standout basketball player at St. Peter’s Prep and New York University during …
It was a sight that not a lot of people expected to see. Here was Willie Banks, the Jersey City native and former Major League Baseball pitcher, now all of 40 years old, wearing a baseball uniform once again. After four years being away entirely from professional baseball, Banks has resurfaced with the Newark Bears, …
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Jersey City’s Banks makes yet another comeback with Newark Bears”
On the surface, if Hudson Catholic High School was replacing Rob Stern strictly as a football coach, the move would look completely asinine. After all, Stern is the school’s most successful football coach ever, leading the Hawks to their only NJSIAA state playoff appearances. Just last December, he was literally three inches away from giving …
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Stern out as Hudson Catholic AD, grid coachSad news about former Friar Rooney”
It was only an hour or so after the news broke that Arturo Gatti – the former Jersey City and Hoboken resident who electrified boxing crowds with his never-say-die style – was found dead in a Brazil hotel room, when someone very close to Gatti predicted what might have happened in a cryptic phone call. …
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Local boxing hero Gatti deadPeople recall Jersey City, Hoboken champ with tremendous heart, desire”
1991-1992 – Jason Casessa, Hoboken 1992-1993 – Alex Rodriguez, Secaucus 1993-1994 – Eduardo Gomez, Hoboken 1995-1996 – Rashard Casey, Hoboken 1996-1997 – Czar Wiley, North Bergen 1997-1998 – Koz Perez, North Bergen 1998-1999 – Mike Forcum, Hoboken 1999-2000 – Jonathan Robinson, Memorial 2001-2002 – Bryan Durango, Memorial 2002-2003 – Jason Blanks, Hoboken 2003-2004 – Danny …
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Joe Urbanovich’s coaching career was all of two weeks old. In his early 20s, Urbanovich’s playing career at Villanova University had come to an end and he returned home to Jersey City to start a job as an assistant coach at, of all places, Hudson Catholic, the archrival of his alma mater, St. Peter’s Prep. …
Continue reading “EXTRA INNINGS 07-12-2009
Prep’s Urbanovich reflects after retiringMore than three decades of success; District 7 tourney begins”
There he was – a blind guy no less – from Jersey City, standing with some of the greatest baseball people of all time, holding a plaque that said he was inducted into the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s safe to say that Ed Lucas is enjoying life these days. Lucas, the long-time director …
It was the summer of 2007 when Michael Kuzirian was faced with the toughest decision of his young life. At the time, Kuzirian had just completed his sophomore year at Palisades Park High School in nearby Bergen County, where he was competing in athletics and doing well as a student. But Kuzirian wasn’t happy with …
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Kuzirian named Reporter Male Athlete of YearMemorial three-sport star fourth from school to receive honor”