Posted on March 14, 2011

THE MADNESS!!!

Well here we are in the month of March. I was born during this month. I feel as though I was made for this. Nothing more exciting than the NCAA Tournament. So let’s get started. Here are my thoughts on …
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Posted on January 19, 2011

Heroes and Cool Kids brings message to Cresskill

John Celestand, a former basketball player at Villanova University and a member of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA championship team in 1999, stood in a corner of a classroom at the Cresskill Middle School helping to prepare students for their …
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Posted on January 28, 2010

BASKETBALL CAMP MOTIVATES YOUNG PLAYERS

Basketball wasn’t the only thing on the agenda at the first-ever Greater Newark Basketball Camp that took place last week at Newark Technical High School and Essex County College. The 390 boys and girls participating heard everything from gang prevention …
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Posted on January 1, 2010

The Wisdom of John Celestand

I teach a journalism elective at Kean University, and on Thursday John Celestand was gracious enough to speak to my students. The former Piscataway High School and Villanova University star, who went on to earn an NBA championship ring with …
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