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Just by virtue of popular opinion and everyone’s desire to sound like an expert (present company included, of course), every tournament, whether professional, collegiate, high school, AAU, or fourth-period gym class has a “favorite.” Predicting games are a fool’s errand, albeit a fun one, and part of predictions among a large group of people is the phenomenon of consensus...

The season started with Point Pleasant Beach as the No. 1 team in the Shore Conference and the Garnet Gulls have only enhanced their status as the Shore Conference Tournament favorite since that time. The rest of the conference, however, has the makings of a wild tournament...

Alex Thomson, Sr., Keyport Other players had good games against better competition, but regardless of the competition, it’s hard to top 40-point games on consecutive nights while reaching the 1,000-point milestone in one of those nights...

A little more than 24 hours before his team’s first game of the season, Point Pleasant Beach head boys basketball coach Nick Catania feels the frustration of trying to push his team through one last 80-minute practice before the Garnet Gulls – the No...

The first installment of the Shore Sports Network Player of the Week could be retitled “Player of the Year” considering it covers the final 11 days of 2013. Most games considered came from the tournaments, so it could even be considered an all-tournament team as well...

Follow Matt Manley on Twitter *Click here for updated WOBM Christmas Classic bracket* TOMS RIVER – Toms River South boys basketball coach John MacIntosh said he expects whatever dark hairs he has on top of his head to be white by the end of the season thanks to his collection of players this year, but if the results continue to mirror those of recent flavor for the Indians, those gray hairs are a