THE STAR-LEDGER, March 23, 2011 7:24 p.m. View full size April 1 signifies two things in the world of high school sports in New Jersey. It’s the official start of the spring sports season, and the day that The Star-Ledger’s special supplement honoring winter athletes comes out. Get your Star-Ledger on April 1 to see [...]
I want to make a few comments about the editorial on the March 10 News Tribune Opinion page (Our View: “Pause, Minnesota, for on-ice March mayhem”). The editorial compared Minnesota’s state hockey tournament with the state of basketball in Indiana and with the importance of high school football in Texas. It could just as well [...]
It’s been over a week since daylight-saving time began, and I still have not recuperated. The beautiful sleep schedule I had developed over the dark and cold winter has now been interrupted, and I fear my body is paying the price. Yet despite that physical toll, the extra hour of sunlight marks the beginning of [...]
New Providence students were honored for their athletic prowess at the Winter Sports Awards Ceremony Monday night in the high school auditorium. Exceptional members of the swimming, wrestling, track, and basketball teams were selected as Most Improved Player (MIP) and Most Valuable Player (MVP), and praised for their outstanding contributions to New Providence High School [...]
Time is almost up. Just over three months from now, the International Olympic Committee will pick the host for the 2018 Winter Games. The race heated up Wednesday with all three candidate cities addressing their campaign at the annual gathering of sports journalists in Seoul. Bidding committees from PyeongChang, Munich and Annecy had 15 minutes [...]
