By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY- Make this Valentine’s Day special with my original, clean, dad-joke Valentine’s Day cards. They’re printable, sendable, and perfect for every New York sports fan! Enjoy two cards per each New York team: Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets, Nets, Knicks, Rangers, and Devils. Let me know which one is…
Category: Off-the-Field
Meet NEW YORK GIANTS’ Odell Beckham, Jr., My Procamps Teammate
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.– Odell Beckham, Jr., mercurial superstar wide receiver, is known for torching defenders over the middle of the field and for making circus-like one-handed catches… and also for, out of frustration, head-butting a sideline cooling fan and swinging his helmet to knock over a kicking net. Quite…
“Just Play”: New Jersey’s Tobin Heath Poised to Seize the World By Storm… Again
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BASKING RIDGE, N.J.- Speaking with me at her alma mater, Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Tobin Heath was beaming as two hundred campers were learning the game of soccer behind us. Last year, Heath and I discussed the importance of unstructured play in an athlete’s development….
Nicki Minaj, QUEEN of Sports Lyrics
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- A Nicki Minaj post is on a professional sports website. Why? I’ve been saying it for years– Nicki Minaj must be huge sports fan: she includes a sports reference in almost every song and every verse she records. Queen, released at midnight, does not disappoint the sports fan….
NEW YORK GIANTS: Coach Odell Beckham Jr. on Eve of Contract Crash Course
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) METUCHEN, N.J.- Odell Beckham, Jr. (proper noun): “Diva“, “Egomaniac“, “selfish and immature“, “Tantrum-thrower”. It’s hard to believe words from those headlines described the man that hosted his third annual Procamp for 520 of his closest, adoring fans. Odell Beckham, Jr., the most electrifying wide receiver in the National Football League,…
VICTOR CRUZ: “All I Need is an Opportunity”
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTRY, N.J.- From growing up in the fourth ward of Paterson, New Jersey to catching a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl to secure a win in football’s biggest game for his hometown New York Giants, Victor Cruz has certainly “been there, done that”. Cruz, 31, is not…
INTERVIEWS: CHICAGO BEARS PLAYERS-In Trubisky and Nagy We Trust
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/coachmccartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- In the 2017 National Football League Draft, the Chicago Bears, with the second overall pick, selected Mitchell Trubisky, a 6’3″ quarterback from the University of North Carolina. After watching from the sidelines, Trubisky got the opportunity he had been working toward for his entire life in week…
New England Patriots’ Devin McCourty: The Players Coalition and Colin Kaepernick
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTRY, N.J.- Quarterback-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick ignited a movement in the National Football League, in the United States of America, and in the world by choosing to kneel during the playing of The Star Spangled Banner on August 26, 2016. It was only a preseason game against the Green…
New York Jets: An Open Letter to Fans Regarding QB Sam Darnold
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Saturday, May 5, 2018 Dear Jets fans, January 12, 1969 – Super Bowl III: Joe Namath lead the Jets to an improbable victory over the Baltimore Colts in Miami, Florida. For backing up his famous guarantee with a Super Bowl quarterback rating of 83.3 (17/28, 206…
New York Yankees: Terrible in Toronto-Too Early to Press Panic Button on Dellin Betances?
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- The Yankees are set to open their 2018 campaign at Yankee Stadium MONDAY (4/2), but they are returning home after an opening-series loss against divisional opponent Toronto Blue Jays. Most alarming is the giant uncertainty surrounding the ability of relief pitcher Dellin Betances, who was exposed,…
Joe Quagliano: If You Build It, Loro Verranno
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- A small business owner, Joe Quagliano is living the American Dream while maintaining his Italian roots via “America’s Game”: baseball. Quagliano, following his passion for the game, founded his own company: Mint Pros (specializing in VIP baseball events- bridging fans with their favorite players). As he told…
Vegas Golden Knights Players Set the Standard for Desert Pro Teams
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA- A city where you can cook an omelet (using only the sun) on its desert sand nine months out of a year has suddenly become a mecca, a bucket-list destination, for hockey fanatics. An ice cube would not stand a chance outside, but the ice inside…
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