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New Jersey City University sits in 2nd place after the 9 qualifying rounds in the NCAA Women's Bowling Championships. We pray we're reading this right as bowling scoring is not Johnny's strong suit. We'd guess it means that our gals from NJCU will advance to play in final rounds as the weekend progresses. ANYBODY who knows anything about this chime in please. The first day scoresheet can be found here. You gals are doing an awesome job representing NJCU. Relax and have fun. Seriously, there is zero pressure from any of us, this is all gravy. Just go roll 'em and enjoy the moment. After all, only one of two things will happen, you'll win or you won't. So, in the meantime until you know, go for it, have fun.

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Didn't get enough of the NCAA Final Four title action bunky? Follow the New Jersey City University women's bowling team quest for an NCAA title

That's right ten pin fans, the New Jersey City University women's bowling team is ranked #7 in the nation and is kicking ass and taking names. We'll even bet they don't use alley balls. The squad is competing in the NCAA Bowling Championships in scenic (and trust us when we say that, we know the area) Canton, Michigan. If you would like a link to LIVE tournament action, well you've come to the right place. Click HERE for tournament streaming action.

Here's wishing the Gothic Knights all the luck in the world. May your balls roll true. By the way, enjoy the sights and sounds of Canton, Mi. Johnny has a few friends in Canton still and thinks they'd agree, "Canton: People come, people go, nothing ever happens."

UPDATE: Johnny's been looking in on some of the action and now sees the joy of what bowling a strike on a team looks like. Any time Johnny has been bowling, strikes aren't uh, on the menu shall we say. But woe be to mice and other small critters in the gutters.

UPDATE #2: Hey, camera guy, less talkie more bowling sounds, shouldn't be too hard in a BOWLING ALLEY. We're not interested in you, we want the ladies. Shut your yap.

UPDATE #3: University of Maryland Eastern Shore SUUUUCKKKKKSSSS, Go NJCU!!!!!

UPDATE #4: It looks like NJCU is coming back/moving up. From what the Jersey City Desk Sports Department can tell, this is a good thing. Scoring update HERE. Here's hoping the University of Nebraska gets some bad clams at dinner. Oh, and Camera Guy, we apologized in the comments for being so rude. You're doing an excellent job. We just couldn't see and that XM station the alley had on was awful. Write it off to crankiness on our part. We're still in here pulling for you all! Please pass along our support to the ladies.

UPDATE #5: Here is the team we're cheering for. Ranked #7 nationally and no seniors on the team. We hope nobody turns pro early. The ONLY Division III team in the show! We are very proud of ALL of you!!!

Sounds like Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising" is about to take on a whole new meaning

New Jersey musical God Bruce Springsteen is being accused of being a homewrecker and cheating with one Ann C. Kelly according to Kelly's soon to be ex-husband Arthur J. Kelly in court papers filed in Monmouth County.

Mr. Kelly claims his wife is a hussy thusly:

"she has committed adultery with one Bruce Springsteen, who resides in Rumson, N.J., and Colts Neck, N.J., at various times and places too numerous to mention."

No word on any of this from the Boss though is sure appears he may be raising his right hand and telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth sometime soon. More on the whole sordid affair here.

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If you had tickets to the Kid-N-Play reunion concert tonight in Union City, you will need to return those tickets to the place of purchase. A member of the band was arrested tonight in Kearny. The band regrets any inconvenience.


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Anger spills over in Hoboken, and we've got your link

The Hoboken Tax Reform Coalition has a website with some pretty interesting ideas, commentary and has a cool Ramones-esque logo for Hoboken REVOLT. Are people in Hoboken Revolting? Hmmmmm, so many ways to answer that leading question but in this case we'll just say click on the link and see their beefs and decide for yourself. Johnny loves him some angry citizen activism.

Getting booed by the hometown crowd two games before the playoffs start isn't where the Devils wanna be

The Devils played an absolutely lackluster, dull, and plodding game last night vs the Toronto Maple Loafs, er Johnny means the Toronto Maple Laffs, wait, the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Rock and lost 4-1.

The Devils and all-world netminder Martin Brodeur had better begin figuring things out and FAST. This late season tailspin has cost New Jersey's own the #2 seed in the playoffs to Washington. The difference? Well that would mean playing a hot Penguins team in the first round vs a floundering Montreal club.

The problem now facing the Devils is do you really want to rest a few players a game or two in the two remaining regular season games. No doubt they want to head into the playoffs clicking on at least MOST cylinders but by the same token one would think a night off before the end could benefits one or two Devils veterans. Johnny feels it's now more imperative to get some type of cohesive game working then it is to rest players, bumps and bruises be damned.

This is one bad skid heading into the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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Tonight a few good minutes with the hilarious Margaret Smith debating the question "Does love make the world go 'round?"


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Nice, NYC Mayor Bloomberg now resorting to 'push polling'

In one of the less savory campaign tactics, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign, or someone hired by said, has been calling homes under the guise of asking survey questions which soon turn into mud slinging questions. According to the New York Times, Bloomberg's telephone 'polling' goes something like this:

Are you registered to vote?

Do you plan to vote in the mayoral election?

Would your impression of Mr. Weiner change if you knew he missed votes in Congress?

Would your impression of Mr. Weiner change if you knew he had difficulty keeping staff?

And so on and so on and so on.

Ya know, for somebody who we feel bullied the system into allowing a third term for himself (it's not like the city was CLAMORING for third Bloomberg term), these push polls are more of the disgraceful behavior Bloomberg has exhibited in the past. Push polling is something you expect from desperate fringe candidates. Push polling is one of the lowest forms of campaigning. But now it seems push polling and Michael Bloomberg go together like a hand in a glove.

Bank teller in Hoboken siphons off enough from customer account to buy an Aston Martin; When confronted she says it was a gift

Because we all so often allow bank tellers access to our own personal accounts as their own personal use or "gift fund", riiiiight. Dana Samarelli of Secaucus who worked at the Hoboken North Fork branch siphoned off $541,000 from an elderly customer's account by pretending to help him set up bill payments as it was difficult for him to get around. When the FBI asked her how this might have happened she said it was a "gift". Samarelli is charged with with one count of bank fraud and another count of acting as a principal in the crime.

You can read all about Samarelli's scheme and how she worked it at the link above. Thanks Dana, for helping really keep the good name of banks and bankers going in this day and age.

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If your birthday is today you share it with the real Butch Cassidy who would have been a cool 147 today and you also share it with actress and former TAXI star Marilu Henner who is a more manageable 57 today.

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