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Sports columnist at @njdotcom. Host of the @RutgersRant podcast. Nutley Hall of Fame Class of 2013. Former Star-Ledger paperboy. Noted Jersey propagandist.
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Brace yourselves, World Cup fans. These Rutgers legends won’t be shy about ripping your favorite team Original

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The surest bet in this World Cup is not that pre-tournament favorite Spain will hoist the championship trophy, or that French superstar Kylian Mbappe will claim the Golden Boot, or even that NJ Transit will make a mess of the transportation in and out of the Meadowlands. Those might be safe bets, for sure, but you can take this one to the bank: A Rutgers legend will say something that will infuriate a large percentage of the football-loving world.
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These 10-year-old girls are chasing sports glory across the country. Is it too much too soon?

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PROVO, Utah — The elite athletes line up on a dew-soaked field inside the vast sports complex, tuck their shin guards into their powder-blue socks and begin pregame preparations with military precision. “We’ve had our fun the past few days, but now it’s all business,” their coach, Nico Liguori, instructs them. But that message is unnecessary. They didn’t travel 2,200 miles from New Jersey to admire the snow-capped mountains looming over their shoulders.
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Meet ‘The Butcher,’ a pro boxer from Newark getting ready for a major fight — and his senior prom

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The Butcher is going to work. It is 5:30 on a Thursday morning, and Yoell “Boy Boy” Cooper has just jogged two miles from his home in Newark to the Colosseum Gym on Irvington Avenue. There, in the second-floor boxing room, he propels his 5-foot-10 frame against a monster truck tire and hurls a six-kilogram super ball over his head as his trainer barks for more. “This is not a normal sport. You can’t train normal,” Eddy Germain reminds him.
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