Hilda Brown received 110 roses last week. After beating a coronavirus infection and turning 110 years old, she earned them.
Author: Jerry Carino, Asbury Park Press
A 90-year-old great-grandmother is now the oldest graduate of a New Jersey university
Marion Thomas started attending college in 1998, at age 68. She stopped in 2008 to care for her ailing husband. Then came a surprise.
NCAA basketball season starts Nov. 25: What to know about 2020-21 schedule
Six months after the coronavirus pandemic ended March Madness before it started, the NCAA announced parameters for the 2020-21 season.
Monmouth football player lends his (singing) voice to Black Lives Matter movement
Monmouth football player Ezrah Archie served as general manager and rapper for ‘Equal,’ a powerful new song in support of Black Lives Matter.
Jameel Warney’s coronavirus lessons from playing pro basketball in South Korea
New Jersey native Jameel Warney saw South Korea’s rapid response to the coronavirus outbreak firsthand while playing for the Seoul SK Knights.
Opinion: Ivy League show hypocrisy by canceling basketball tournaments due to coronavirus concern
A four-team tournament is unsafe, but it’s OK to send the Yale men and Princeton women to a 68-team tournament?
‘Insane, stabbing, burning pain’: Ground zero workers still battling 9/11 health problems
The headaches forced Joe McKay, now 52, to retire early from the New York City Fire Department. The New Jeresey resident fills the void with advocacy.
Former Rutgers basketball star Kelvin Troy makes history in Ireland
Kelvin Troy became the first American inducted into the Basketball Ireland Hall of Fame. He was a pioneer in more ways than one.
ESPN’s Bob Ley hopes to offer ‘useful advice’ in Seton Hall commencement speech
The award-winning broadcaster and Class of 1976 alum has connected with students at his alma mater during his sabbatical from ESPN.
Tests for Lyme disease don’t work well enough to diagnose illness early, federal panel says
‘Hopefully, it breaks this gridlock that we have on Lyme disease,’ said Pat Smith, a member of the panel and founder of the Lyme Disease Association.