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Reporter, The Star-Ledger/NJ.com; Executive Producer, “Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez,” a Netflix Original Documentary Series; Armwrites@gmail.com
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N.J. lawmakers demand action on ‘outrageous’ youth sports academies after NJ.com report

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By Kevin Armstrong Verified
| NJ.com Verified
New Jersey lawmakers are expressing outrage over the state’s rapidly growing reclassification industry, calling for intervention by the Department of Education or new legislation to prevent students from repeating academic years for athletic purposes before high school.
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Alarming new trend dominating youth sports: repeating 8th grade. Families pay thousands for it.

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By Kevin Armstrong Verified
| NJ.com Verified
At 14, Jake Mercado stands 6-foot-3, weighs 187 pounds and wears size-14 sneakers. The eighth grader throws 80 mph, but it’s his cutter that his father, Joel, calls “a killer.” In March, Jake grabbed 22 rebounds during a game for Lyndhurst’s travel basketball team. On the football field, he routinely catches passes before stiff-arming would-be tacklers to the turf. Sponsorship money is already flowing Jake’s way.
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For this proud N.J. city — and its immigrants — World Cup arrival is cause for celebration

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By Kevin Armstrong Verified
| Yahoo Sports Verified
Fayez Ghabour, the 69-year-old owner of E & F Food Market on Bergen Avenue in Jersey City, eyed replica jerseys that dangled from the blue awning in front of his shop shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday. The jerseys were emblazoned with some of soccer’s biggest names – Ronaldo, Salah, Marmoush – and on sale for $15. Three Moroccan immigrants bought their homeland’s national team jerseys as they readied to watch their World Cup opener against Brazil eight miles away in the Meadowlands.
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