Martinsville Speedway wasn’t kind to Martin Truex Jr. — until he joined Michael Waltrip Racing.

Glenn Carson might not be the only local starting for the Penn State football team’s defense this season.

“Atlantic City” will be emblazoned across the back of one player in the Rutgers University football team’s annual Scarlet-White spring game April 27. “Wildwood” and “Long Beach Township” might, too.

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Middle Township High School graduate Garret Kerr was named an NCAA Division II men’s basketball second-team All-American by a panel of Division II sports information directors Thursday.

Martin Truex Jr. has moved up from 34th to 18th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings over the past two weeks.

Tara Booker has established herself as one of best players in the history of the George Washington University women’s basketball team.

B.J. Bailey’s game-high 17 points in Wednesday night’s Lehigh victory were even more special because of someone in the stands.

If you’ve ever attended a race at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville and wondered what it’s like to drive on the tracks there, now is your chance.

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Minor-league hockey returns to Atlantic City for the fourth and final time this season when the Albany Devils host the Hershey Bears at Boardwalk Hall at 4 p.m.

Martin Truex Jr. was on his way to a top-12 start in the Daytona 500, but then it all fell apart.

St. Augustine Prep graduate Josh Thompson was featured on Fox College Sports in a segment during halftime of the Wagner College men’s basketball team’s win over Mount St. Mary’s on Wednesday night.

Millions of people across the country enjoyed the Budweiser Clydesdale commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday.

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Wesley Hills' Wildwood High School football career was about making history, taking a downtrodden program to the playoffs for the first time.

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One highly touted local high school football player who likely won’t sign a national letter of intent Wednesday is Middle Township’s Terrance Toney.

South Carolina State recognized men’s basketball player Khalif Toombs before Wednesday night’s game against Hampton for scoring his 1,000th career point three days earlier.

The Rolex 24 at Daytona was going as planned for Atlantic County doctor Jim Lowe and the Doran Racing team.

Bridgeton resident Dominique Williams was rewarded for his stellar 2012 football season Friday when he was named to the College Sports Journal's FCS All-American team.

Holy Spirit High School graduate B.J. Bailey had the best game of his collegiate career Wednesday night.

VOORHEES — Danny Briere was back on the ice Tuesday at Flyers Skate Zone, but he said he still likely will miss the Philadelphia Flyers’ first two games of the season.

Middle Township High School football player Zack Vogelei confirmed in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that he has verbally committed to play for Towson University next season.

The three-day Roar Before the 24 testing session in Daytona Beach, Fla., was a success for the Doran Racing team, South Jersey-based doctor/driver Jim Lowe said.

Rutgers University director of intercollegiate athletics Tim Pernetti spoke for nearly eight minutes on a conference call Thursday afternoon about men's basketball coach Mike Rice's school-imposed three-game suspension and $50,000 fine. But Pernetti did not reveal many details as to what actually led to the fine.

Mainland Regional High School place-kicker Jim Cooper Jr. spoke candidly Tuesday night, just hours after learning that Temple football coach Steve Addazio had decided to leave for Boston College.

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Last month’s news that Rutgers University and the University of Maryland would move to the Big Ten Conference caught the eye of one of the state’s top football recruits.