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Monday, November 5, 2012

Storm-Battered Giants Fans Persevere, Pack MetLife Stadium

The New York Giants, many of whom are still without power, dropped a heartbreaker at home to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in front of a capacity crowd, a week after Hurricane Sandy hit the metropolitan area.

Football fans converged Sunday on East Rutherford to watch the Giants battle the Steelers at MetLife Stadium, just a couple miles from where a massive tidal surge brought on by Hurricane Sandy submerged the towns of Moonachie, Little Ferry and Carlstadt just six days earlier. More than 80,000 people turned out for the afternoon contest, overcoming the devastation wrought earlier in the week by Sandy's vicious winds and pelting rain that ripped apart homes, toppled trees and power lines, and left millions -- including many Giants players -- cold and in the dark for most, if not all of the week. Nicole Johnson, a Nassau County police officer, was one such fan. As of game time, Johnson and her husband had yet to have power restored at their …

jazzman

7:37 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

those Coach bags are always knock offs costing way way to much money even for the status quo   more ›

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Packers, Washington Township's B.J. Raji Ready for Super Bowl

Westwood High star anchored defensive line for NFC champs

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Not since William “The Refrigerator” Perry has a football player with an appliance for a nickname grabbed the glamour of playing in the Super Bowl. On the 25th anniversary of the Chicago Bears' victory in Super Bowl XX, Green Bay’s B.J. Raji, who also competes in the NFC North and is nicknamed “The Freezer,” has become somewhat of a household fixture in Green Bay since being drafted by the Packers two years ago. The Washington Township native is a monstrous 337-pound nose tackle that captured the hearts of football faithful with his 18-yard interception return for a touchdown against the Bears in the NFC Championship two weeks ago. The feat made him the only defensive lineman in franchise history to run back a post-…

Dominick Nizza

5:55 pm on Sunday, February 6, 2011

Good story here Chris, do more if you can. A little warmer than Wis.   more ›

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