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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Football

52 Things You Must Do This Year

Feast or frolic, explore or extol, we’ve got you covered for a self-directed festival of discovery and delight. Every week, meet a bit of the Garden State you need to know by heart. more

Scoring With Lombardi Play

Plainfield native Tony Ponturo commissioned and co-produced Lombardi, Broadway's smash hit six-character play based on a biography of football legend Vince Lombardi. more

Fans Go Nose to Nose on New Stadium

The New Meadowlands Stadium cost a pretty penny ($1.6 billion) to construct, and drew a winning Super Bowl bid (New Jersey will host the event in 2014), but does the stadium actually improve on its predecessor? We ask the fans what they think. (Photos by Colin Archer) more

Almost Super

Our New Jersey Jets went from preseason nobodies to contending for an AFC Championship against the Indianapolis Colts. How did they do it? more

New York Giants Intercept Hunger

They may be Giants…but they do much more than simply play football. A Taste of the NFL charity event was held at the Stadium Club at Giants Stadium on Monday night. Fans and players (current and former) mingled amid a sprawling array of food sampling stations from premium metropolitan restaurants.

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Built For Speed

Bayonne’s Kenny Britt set records catching footballs at Rutgers. Now he’ll test his talents (and smile) in the NFL. more

Power Issue: Woody Johnson

Away Game

When Rutgers hits the road, the playbook calls for precision planning, police escorts, and plenty of scarlet Twizzlers. more

Rooftop Football

Union City's new football stadium has views of Manhattan thanks to its location on the roof of its new high school. more

Shore Points

No matter your age, your shape, your interests or your hometown (out-of-staters also welcome), the Shore makes summer super. more

North/South Skirmishes

A film tries to draw the line between North and South Jersey. more

Winning Passes

Leap Year

New Jersey Monthly contributor, and Rutgers University professor Michael Aaron Rockland ruminates on how bigtime football, and a few other things, brought change to the campus—and the state. more

Tuna Tartare

Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells more

Winning Formula

Vincent Thomas Lombardi more

Gentle Giant

Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier more

Glorifying Gridiron Gladiators