
NEWARK--This weekend, the Quebec Capitales, winners of the last three Can-Am League championships, will pay a visit to Newark for a three-game series starting on Friday night.
TRENTON – A state Senate committee unanimously approved a measure sponsored by state Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) Monday that asks Major League Baseball retire the number 21 in honor of baseball legend Roberto Clemente.
LAKEWOOD – After winning the Landmark Conference Championship, the Drew University baseball team will be competing in their first ever Division III National Tournament vs. Kean University on Wednesday, May 16 at 7:45 p.m.
SOUTH ORANGE – Sterling Gibbs of Scotch Plains has transferred to Seton Hall University and will play basketball for the Pirates, head coach Kevin Willard announced today.
NEWARK – The Newark Bears professional baseball team will open the 2012 season on Thursday, May 17, by hosting the Worcester Tornadoes. Former American League MVP and member of the 2000 New York Yankees World Series championship team, Jose Canseco, is expected to face the Bears during the opening weekend series.
ELIZABETH -- For the second year, United Way of Greater Union County (UWGUC), will be participating in the Barclays Tickets Fore Charity™ Program, a fundraising initiative designed to improve the quality of life in the communities where PGA Tour tournaments are held.
UNION — On Saturday, April 28, Kean University hosted alumni who played on the school’s baseball and softball teams at its “Diamonds Are Forever” reunion event. About 65 attendees turned out on a bright, sunny, but chilly April day for a barbecue lunch in the University’s Harwood Arena.