PHILADELPHIA — The day began with a laugh, Sixers public address announcer Matt Cord appealing humorously to the primal instincts of Philly and New York fans jamming the Wells Fargo Center for Game 4 of the first-round playoff series between the Sixers and Knicks. The building rocked with booing when Cord opined that there was one thing fans from both cities could agree on, then introduced Micah Parsons of the Dallas Cowboys. Touche. It was all downhill there for the Sixers as the hefty contingent of Knicks nearly took over the Center at critical stages of the game, which infuriated Joel Embii ..read more

On Saturday, April 20, 2024, Young Scholars’ Institute (YSI) sponsored a trip to see the Gun and Powder musical in support of local actress Carrie Compere who performs in the play. Carrie Compere is a Trenton Central High School graduate. She attended Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J. She has performed in Broadway musicals The Color Purple and Holler If Ya Hear Me. As lead performer, Carrie starred in Shout, Sister, Shout at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. in the role of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, an early rock and roll pioneer. Starting this summer from July 22 to October 10, Ca ..read more

Princeton women’s basketball star Kaitlyn Chen has her new home picked out for her final season of eligibility. The former Ivy League Player of the Year announced she’ll join Geno Auriemma’s Connecticut as a graduate season next season. The Ivy League does not allow graduate students to participate in varsity athletics, so Chen, like men’s players Matt Allocco and Zach Martini, had to look elsewhere for her what’s known as the Covid year. A native of San Marino, Calif., Chen was a two-time First Team All-Ivy selection and the conference’s Player of the Year in 2023. She averaged 15.8 points on ..read more

By Frank Bruzek For 50 years, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 has provided a safety net that protects older Americans’ pensions from corporate and financial predators. Such protections would have been a lifeline for my family in the early 1960s, when the Philadelphia-based leatherworks company where both my mother and father worked for over 20 years closed without warning. The closure eliminated my parents’ pay and promised pension benefits with zero recourse. I will never forget the look on my father’s face all those years ago, the day he came home and told me and ..read more

STANDINGS CVC Colonial Division Team (Overall)                            W       L      T        Pts Hightstown (8-3)                           7       3       0         19 Steinert (8-7)                                7       3       0     ..read more

EAST RUTHERFORD — The Giants got a much-needed big-play wide receiver when they grabbed Malik Nabers early in the NFL draft, and now they have to hope quarterback Daniel Jones and his surgically repaired ACL are ready to deliver the ball when the season opens in September. The Giants really didn’t have much of a choice. They had the sixth pick overall, and the consensus was there were three can’t-miss quarterbacks and three elite receivers at the top of the board. Any of those players would have helped the Giants’ anemic offense, which finished 31st in passing yards, 30th in scoring and 29th o ..read more

FLORHAM PARK — Jaylen Key knows what comes with his new nickname. And the former Alabama safety is fully embracing being this year’s “Mr. Irrelevant.” The New York Jets selected Key with the final pick of the NFL draft Saturday — No. 257 overall — to complete the three-day, seven-round event. “It means everything, that’s part of the title,” Key said during a video call with reporters. “You just have to take it and lean into it. So for me, I’m definitely going to lean into it, every bit of it.” It’s the second time the Jets had the final pick in the draft, and first since they took Du ..read more

SAN DIEGO — Ranger Suárez’s scoreless streak ended at 32 innings but he was otherwise brilliant through eight innings and Alec Bohm homered and drove in four runs for the Philadelphia Phillies, who beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 Saturday night to win the weekend series. Suárez’s scoreless streak, the longest in the majors this season and of his career, ended when he allowed Eguy Rosario’s two-out home run in the eighth inning. Suárez (5-0) allowed just three hits and struck out eight with no walks to win his fifth straight start. Suárez threw 96 pitches. Jeff Hoffman struck out the side in the ..read more

MILWAUKEE — Carlos Rodón pitched two-hit, one-run ball through six innings and the New York Yankees hit four home runs in a 15-3 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. Alex Verdugo had a three-run homer in the first inning. Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo added two-run shots in the sixth that put New York up 11-1. It was Judge’s fifth homer of the season and Rizzo’s fourth. Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer, his sixth, in the ninth off infielder Owen Weaver, who pitched the final two innings. Rodón (2-1) allowed a solo homer in the first to Rhys Hoskins and a leadoff double in th ..read more

NEW YORK — Sonny Gray extended his terrific start with St. Louis, Paul Goldschmidt hit an early two-run double and the Cardinals beat the New York Mets 7-4 on Saturday for their first three-game win streak this season. “It’s starting to come together and they’re throwing together and stringing together some really quality at-bats,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. Ryan Helsley retired Francisco Lindor on a bases-loaded popup for the final out. Lindor struck out his previous four times up. Nolan Arenado and rookie Masyn Winn each had an RBI single during a four-run first against struggling ..read more