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1. FHL Outlaws leave N.J., try to grow franchise outdoors in Williamsport
(Sports/Professional)

... flair of minor league baseball. Some franchises, like the Brooklyn Aviators, who play in a converted airplane hangar, have drawn attention but few fans. Others like the Danbury Whalers have found a niche ...

2. Lance Armstrong to accept loss of Tour de France titles
(Sports/Professional)

... in an attempt to keep their sports clean. In the last two weeks, major league baseball players Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon were both suspended 50 games for breaking the league’s substance abuse policy. ...

3. Yankees' pitcher Michael Pineda busted: DUI gives team new problems
(Sports/Professional)

BY DAVE RAGAZZO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM As the end of the major league baseball season fast approaches, the Yankees look poised for another deep run into the playoffs. The starting rotation has been ...

4. Melky Cabrera steroid scandal: Accused of $10K cover-up
(Sports/Professional)

... man who developed a fake website to cover up Cabrera's steroid use has been barred from all major league baseball clubhouses. Juan Nunez, a Cabrera associate, was banned by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, ...

5. Director Tony Scott's suicide death shocks Hollywood: Stars react on Twitter
(Entertainment/Movies)

... baseball cap on set and even to premieres. His action films never received an Oscar but were popular to adrenaline junkies who loved high speed car chase scenes and crashes.  His movies were eclipsed ...

6. Ex-Yankee Roger Clemens plans baseball return, clear of steroid charges
(Sports/Professional)

BY DAVE RAGAZZO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Could Roger Clemens’ baseball career get any stranger? The former Yankee, who also played for the Red Sox, Blue Jays and Astros during his 23-year career, was ...

7. cheating in sports
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What a sad sad article for our children and for America. Supposedly the author thinks that taking steroids is just part of good ol' American baseball. He wants to see our children emulating the junkies ...

8. N.J. sports betting: The people vs. sports owners
(Sports/Professional)

... The Pittsburgh Penguins’s new arena's debt load is being partially paid off by casino revenues from a local establishment. The owner of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and Major League Baseball's Detroit ...

9. Lance Armstrong doping charges: What is WADA and why do they care?
(Sports/Professional)

... Agency, demanded that Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association knuckle under to him and his merry band of urine collectors and apparently now blood test takers and get serious ...

10. Christie: Super Bowl 2014 and N.J. sports betting battle are separate
(Sports/Professional)

... Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the National Football League and the NCAA all filed suit in federal court in Trenton on Tuesday, saying sports betting ...

11. NFL's first female referee, Shannon Eastin, has wish come true
(Sports/Professional)

... in a professional baseball game. Gera quit after her first game because she was harassed.  ...

12. Report: U.S. lost over 1 million seasonal jobs in July
(Money/Economy)

BY GINA SCALA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Every July, just as Major League Baseball plays the All-Star Game, seasonal job losses crest. To some, that doesn’t make a lot of sense. It’s the middle of summer; ...

13. Decision in 2006 Little League metal bat lawsuit expected next month
(Sports/Professional)

... to trial September 10. According to Wayne Patch, Steven Domalewski, 12 years old at the time, was pitching in a Little League game when a baseball hit him in the chest in the fraction of a second between ...

14. Ump ejects Daytona Cubs intern for song choice during game
(Sports/Professional)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The music died last night at a minor-league baseball game at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach. Daytona Cubs intern Derek Dye handled the music during the ...

15. Team handball scores globally, why not locally?
(Sports/Professional)

... to at least get some support while USA Baseball was out pounding its Latin neighbors. The Americans took on the vaunted Cubans in round robin competition and low and behold, a full-scale brawl erupted. ...

16. Lic
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... these hats that you so much desire In between, the brand has lost its charm, but now its hats are again in demandThe Brooklyn Excelsiors first wore the baseball cap as we know it today and introduced it ...

17. With N.Y. Mets' failing season comes falling prices: Tickets $5
(Sports/Professional)

BY JOE GREENE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM If you’re a Mets fan, or just want to take in a big-league baseball game, the team’s recent free-fall isn’t all bad news — because ticket prices are falling, too. ...

18. Convention notes for Gov. Christie: The best and worst speeches
(Opinion/Commentary)

... books about baseball and presidents. My parents thought it would be a good experience for me to watch the Democratic National Convention on television. Accordingly, they brought me downstairs to watch ...

19. Olympics return to NBC along with iconic theme music
(Sports/Professional)

... League Baseball coverage in the 1990s. This YouTube video of the end of NBC’s coverage of the 1997 World Series contains the song. So there you have it: basically all the music for your enjoyment ...

20. Bulgarian officials name bus bomber: Mehdi Ghezali is Swedish national with Guantanamo ties
(World/International)

... used a fake Michigan driver’s identification and dressed as a tourist with a baseball cap and backback. According to the Israeli Embassy website, five Israeli nationals were killed, as well as the tour ...