MetLife Stadium

A fatal toll on concertgoers as raves boost cities' income

2013-02-02 15:30:00

On the edge of the Mojave, music promoter Pasquale Rotella staged a rave about 11 years ago that ended with a coroner's wagon rolling down desert roads. Five people died of overdoses and drug-related car crashes during or shortly after the Nocturnal...

NFL could reschedule Super Bowl in case of weather emergency

2013-02-12 11:29:00

Super Bowl Saturday? Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Super Bowl Wednesday? Um, yeah, not so much. Both are possibilities for 2014, according to an article in Sports Business Journal on the NFL's extensive contingency plan for next year's outdoor...

Ravens prove that late-season losses can be helpful

2013-02-04 19:15:00

NEW ORLEANS -- Seeing as the NFL is a copycat league, teams naturally want to emulate the blueprint of the franchise that wins it all. So mark this down: Losing at the end of the regular season can be a good thing. That's what the champion Baltimore...

Ravens QB Joe Flacco calls cold-weather Super Bowl 'retarded'

2013-01-29 10:18:00

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco used a word he shouldn't have during his first Super Bowl news conference Monday, and he knew it. When asked about the plan to play next year's Super Bowl at the outdoor MetLife Stadium, the New Jersey native...

Greg McElroy joins Tim Tebow, Mark Sanchez in Jets' QB controversy

2012-12-03 07:46:00

Greg McElroy has saved the day for the New York Jets! Well, at least he saved one day for the team, and that day was Sunday. The second-year quarterback did two very important things for Jets fans in his first NFL appearance. He replaced starting QB...

BRIEF: Penn State football: Nittany Lions coach Bill O'Brien to be profiled on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

2013-05-18 05:14:01

Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien and his family will be profiled on the next episode of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. The episode, filmed recently in town when Andrea Kremer sat down with O'Brien, will be shown at 10 p.m. Tuesday, then re-...

North Jersey homeowners consider renting out their space for 2014 Super Bowl

2013-05-16 18:41:00

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Al Wright, a 70-year-old widower, is pretty fussy about his space: "I want the spoons in the drawer lined up a certain way," he admitted. "Everything has its place." But for the right price — he's hoping for at least $1,...

Quick Slants: Expansion talk takes the year off

2013-05-14 17:44:02

These Big Ten May meetings took on a life of their own in 2010 when the conference was in the midst of expansion. The meetings are still going strong as far as news cycles go, with the B1G's bowl lineup and future schedules being among the topics on...

Levi's Stadium: 49ers' new Santa Clara home gets a name in $220 million deal

2013-05-09 03:54:03

Get ready for Levi's Stadium. The San Francisco 49ers have scored the West Coast's biggest naming-rights deal, announcing Wednesday that legendary San Francisco jeans-maker Levi Strauss will put its name on the team's new Santa Clara stadium when it...

BRIEF: Top 5 NFL naming-rights deals

2013-05-09 03:54:03

Here is information about NFL stadium deals, including the 49ers' new deal with Levi's. MetLife Stadium --Teams: New York Giants and New York Jets --Total deal: $425 million to $625 million --Deal length: 25 years Reliant Stadium --Team:...

Eric LeGrand brings his motivational story to Baltimore

2013-05-07 18:22:00

It wasn't so long ago that former Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand couldn't even move his shoulders, which is why it's hard not to marvel at his willingness to offer one of them to anybody facing a major life challenge. If you don't know his story,...

Allentown airport looking to score with Super Bowl

2013-05-02 18:20:00

Hoping to turn the page on a dismal two years, Lehigh Valley International Airport officials are looking to cash in on the Super Bowl in 2014. No, the struggling airport will not be plunking down $4 million for a 30-second Super Bowl ad that could be...

Zak DeOssie #51 of the New York Giants tackles Damaris Johnson #13 of the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium on December 30, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 42–7.

2012-12-30 20:14:01

New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw (44) is chased by Philadelphia Eagles corner back Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (23) during the first quarter of an NFL game at MetLife Stadium.

2012-12-30 00:00:00

A contingent of more than 400, at least 200 Sandy Hook Elementary students and an equal number of parents, teachers and family members, boarded 10 buses at Newtown High School early this morning to go to MetLife Stadium where they will take part in pregame ceremonies and then take in the Giants'

2012-12-29 00:00:00