Matt Szczur is back in the major leagues. The Chicago Cubs recalled Szczur back to the major leagues Monday afternoon from their Triple A farm team in Iowa. This is the fifth time that Szczur is with the Cubs; he’s been sent back and forth from the minor leagues all season long. Szczur is a…
The first Triple Crown winner in nearly forty years took his first trot around the track at Monmouth Park at about 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning. American Pharoah arrived at the track on Wednesday with a police escort, after arriving by jet at the Atlantic City International Airport. The colt was taken for a slow one-mile…
The Philadelphia Phillies began to clean house on Tuesday evening as they traded relief pitcher Jonathan Papelbon to the Washington Nationals for a minor league pitcher. The Phillies will be getting Double-A pitcher Nick Pivetta in the trade. Papelbon was outspoken about his desire to leave the struggling Phillies, and Tuesday night, he got his…
A 17 year-old Cape May Court House athlete won a gold medal in the triathlon Sunday at the Special Olympics World Games in Long Beach, California. Noah Dellas completed the race in just under one hour and 13 minutes. Dellas beat the second-place finisher, Mervin Allesander Da Rin Llanes of Uruguay, by almost 5 minutes. His…
The star of Sunday’s Women’s World Cup 5-2 victory by the USA over Japan, is from Delran, New Jersey. Carli Lloyd, a 32 year-old midfielder scored three goals in the first 16 minutes of the match to give the Americans their third overall Word Cup championship. Lloyd scored six goals in seven matches in this…
Lower Cape May Regional alumni Matt Szczur knocked in the winning run Tuesday night as the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 1-0 at Citi Field. Szczur’s family and friends attended the game, in which he started, played left field and batted sixth. In the sixth inning, Szczur doubled off the base of the…
Andy McPhail will be the new president of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies are holding a press conference Monday afternoon and will announce that McPhail takes over the top job in the Phillies organization. McPhail has worked for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, and Baltimore Orioles. Last week, Phillies manager Ryne Sandburg resigned in advance…
So long, Ryne Sandberg. The manager of the Philadelphia Phillies called it quits on Friday afternoon, saying he didn’t want to interfere with the new direction the team will be taking with major management changes. Sandberg says he is dissatisfied with the record of the Phillies, who are arguably the worst team in Major League…
The Philadelphia 76ers made a surprise selection in the NBA draft on Thursday night. The Sixers took Duke center Jahlil Okafor with the third overall pick in the draft. Okafor fell to the Sixers after the Lakers selected guard D’Angelo Russell with the second pick. The 76ers say they will keep Okafor and not trade…
On Wednesday Matt Szczur made his return to the Chicago Cubs after being called up from their Triple-A Iowa team earlier this week. Szczur, a graduate of Lower Cape May Regional H.S., entered the game against St. Louis Wednesday night as a pinch-runner in the ninth inning. He remained in the game to play left field…