Football

New Jersey officially begins push for 2014 Super Bowl

Basketball

Eyes are on Newark, as city hosts March Madness NCAA tournament

By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger

NEWARK — In less than two weeks some of the nation’s most talented college athletes will shed their practice suits and take to the lacquered hardwood court in the Prudential Center in Newark.

Rutgers Scarlet Raiders Shock #5 Team in the Nation To Advance To First Title Game in Program History

time in the history of women's baskeball at Rutgers-Newark, the Scarlet Raiders (19-8) have advanced to a New Jersey Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship game, which will be played tomorrow, Feb. 25, at 1 p.m. at William Paterson. Rutgers-Newark shocked top-seeded Kean University, 54-51, in the semifinals of the New Jersey Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship Tournament to advance to Saturday's game.

Baseball

Newark Bears' 2011 season could benefit from city's revitalization

BY JOE FAVORITO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

ON N.J. SPORTS MARKETING

With The Prudential Center to its south and Red Bull Arena to the east, sometimes Bears and Eagles Stadium is forgotten in the mix of the resurrection of Newark as a sports and entertainment hub. The stadium has not lost much of its charm since it opened in 1999, bring baseball, of the independent variety back to Newark on a fulltime basis.

Soccer

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