Still, it's a great accolade and achievement, considering that HCIAA soccer is usually frowned upon by the general population throughout the state. For an Emerson player to overcome that obstacle and earn a statewide recognition is an outstanding accomplishment and one that everyone at Emerson High School should be very proud of...
Chicago Cubs closer Joe Borowski, the former Marist High School standout, will be among those honored at the 68th Annual New Jersey Sports Writers Association banquet at the Pines Manor in Edison on Jan. 25, 2004.
Borowski, who bounced around professional baseball for several seasons before finally finding his niche with the Cubs last year, saving 34 games for the National League Central Division champions, will be honored along with several other people from the New Jersey sports world, including legendary North Bergen hoopster Dan Callandrillo (earning a Hall of Fame honor) and New Jersey City University coach Charlie Brown, who is getting the Coaching Legend honor.
Others being honored at this year's dinner include Knicks Hall of Famer Walt Frazier, retired New Jersey Devils defenseman Ken Daneyko, former boxing great Gerry Cooney and Florida Marlins manager Jack McKeon.
The event always turns out to be a fun event, for sportswriters, like yours truly, and fans alike. If anyone is interested in tickets, they can contact (877) 257-0798...
St. Peter's Prep senior wide receiver/defensive back Leo Ferrine had the chance of a lifetime last week when he was selected to the MSG Network Heisman All-Metropolitan Football team. With the selection to the team, by the studious high school football guru Mike Quick, Ferrine was able to have breakfast with current Heisman Trophy winner Jason White of Oklahoma, as well as several other past Heisman winners.
Talk about your power breakfast, huh?...
Congrats to long-time Secaucus resident and retired Port Authority police sergeant Tom Cierzo on his induction into the Kearny High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Cierzo was an All-State soccer player at Kearny during the 1950s and was the runnerup to the famed Coggins Award as the state's best soccer player in 1958...
The Pershing Field Babe Ruth League held a Christmas party for some 600 youngsters, with every kid getting a gift. League president Joe Napolitano deserves a world of credit for always doing the right thing when it comes to kids...
About a month ago, there was an article that appeared here about the new artificial turf field at Bruins Stadium, and it was incorrectly reported that the surface was the same FieldTurf that appears at Giants Stadium.
In fact, the surface at Bruins Stadium is called AstroPlay, which is totally different than the FieldTurf. We apologize for the mistake and credit Chip Namias, a former NFL public relations director who currently works for a sports PR firm in Los Angeles, for pointing out the error.
"While some writers seem to want to generically refer to all artificial turfs as the same, I can assure you that there is a huge difference," Namias said. "FieldTurf is currently used by 17 NFL teams, and is in fact in place at Giants Stadium. In a survey conducted of all NFL players by the NFL Players Association, FieldTurf was rated third out of 32 NFL stadium fields for safety, playability, etc. That means that FieldTurf was ranked by league players ahead of 20 of the NFL's 22 natural grass fields. The only AstroPlay surface is NFL use during 2002 (the season that the survey was based on) was the Bears' field at the University of Illinois. FieldTurf is extremely proud of its resistance to injuries and its endorsement from the NFLPA."
Namias added, "We are extremely active in selling and marketing our product to high schools, colleges and community centers throughout New Jersey. Certainly, it is harmful to those efforts when a paper misidentifies a stadium field. We obviously do not want any of our current or potential customers to think that it is our product that is installed at Bruins Stadium, when it most certainly is not."
Fair enough. Correction granted... -- Jim Hague
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