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Sports

Belmar Kicks Sand on Castle Ban

Belmar finally repeals an anti-sandcastle building law that had been on the books for 20 years. more

Leaping to Number One

America’s top high school hoops prospect is Somerdale’s Michael Gilchrist. 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

Queen of the Alley

This year, Kelly Kulick became the first woman to win a Professional Bowlers Association tour title. The Jersey native knows a thing or two about shattering expectations. more

Shell Game

Crew is on the rise at Jersey high schools. Here’s why kids and parents love the sport—and the food. more

Bull Pen

The New York Red Bulls have a brand new stadium—in New Jersey, of course. The team will open a new $200 million stadium in Harrison. more

Bat Man

A Chatham resident tries to revolutionize the way bats are created and manufactured to ensure optimal safety. more

Oh, What a Relief!

How a rookie from New Jersey blossomed into one of baseball’s best pitchers. more

Getting His Kicks

Jordan Wolf, of Hillsdale, gets a kick out of his kickboxing fitness program. more

Boot Camp

Princeton University program manager in applied and computational mathematics Howard Bergman, of Branchburg, enjoys the Boot Camp workout. more

Q&A With Steve Smith

New Jersey Monthly staffer Mallory Gelert asks New York Giants star wideout Steve Smith the hard questions for our new question and answer feature. 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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A Safer Game Plan

Last season, three New Jersey student athletes died from injuries sustained on the playing field. Here’s what the state is doing to avoid future tragedies. more

It Only Looks Easy

Blair Academy has a pretty good wrestling team. How good? About 29 straight National Prep Championships good. Find out how one of the best programs in the nation handles all that success. more

The Strange Sports Scene

Despite the Rutgers bowl victory last night and the reigning-Super Bowl-champion Giants' spot at the top of the NFC East, New Jersey still isn't quite recognized as a sports powerhouse. Princeton, even less so. (No offense, eggheads.)

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Giving Tarzan His Own Turf

On TV's Man Caves, ex-NFL star Tony Siragusa builds palatial playpens for hubbies pushed to the home decor sidelines. more

Away Game

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

For the Love of the Game

The Tide is (Maybe?) Turning

As I watched—and celebrated—the Giants' victory last night, I felt a tingling in my veins that I haven't had since the Knicks' miracle run to the NBA Finals in 1999. In a North Jersey bar where scores of Giants fans were spraying beer, hugging, screaming, jumping, dancing, and crying, it felt good to be a sports fan in the New York City area again.

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