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Princeton freshman leads midway through the 123rd New Jersey Amateur Golf Championship
BLOOMFIELD – Reed Greyserman will be the center of attention entering Wednesday’s 36-hole finale of the 123rd New Jersey Amateur Golf Championship.
Greyserman, 19, an incoming freshman at Princeton, extended his lead to five shots after carding 5-under-par 66 during Tuesday’s second round at Forest Hill Field Club. He stands at 12-under 130.
“It’s going to be a long day, so don’t get too caught up on one shot when you’re out there playing and hitting so many different shots,” said Greyserman, a Short Hills resident representing Hamilton Farm.
Greyserman holds a five-shot lead over Liam Pasternak, 17, of Essex Fells and Jeremy Wall, 29, of Manasquan River. Pasternak shot 67 and Wall 68 to move to 7-under 135.
If Pasternak wins, he might be the first high school champion of this New Jersey State Golf Association event. Two months ago, Pasternak won the New Jersey high school Tournament of Champions as a junior at Morristown.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” said Pasternak, who tees off with Greyserman in Wednesday’s third round at 9:10 a.m. “I think my game is in a great spot.”
Wall, 29, can give his family back-to-back Amateur titles, as his younger brother, Jack, won last year’s crown in a three-hole aggregate playoff. Jack, 23, is in contention as well.
Mark Costanza of Baltusrol, 35, the 2020 State Open champion, is fourth at 4-under after shooting 67. Drew Mulcahy of Baltusrol is fifth after his 71 left him at 3-under.
Austin Devereux of Manasquan River, the 2020 Amateur champion, shot a second consecutive 70 and his 2-under is tied for sixth with Troy Vannucci of Little Mill, who carded 71. Defending champion Jack Wall of Manasquan River climbed into the picture with a 67 that has him tied for eighth at 1-under.
Greyserman is the youngest of three golfing brothers and all have made a splash in NJSGA events. His oldest brother, Max, won the State Open in 2014 and State Amateur in 2015 and is in his first season on the PGA Tour. Another brother, Dean, was runner-up at the State Amateur in 2020. Reed was fourth at the State Amateur in 2021 and fifth in 2022.
Reed Greyserman played Tuesday’s last seven holes at 5-under, and it started after back-to-back bogeys on the 10th and 11th. He eagled the par-5 14th by hitting a 6-iron from 178 yards into the wind to within a foot. He had birdies on the 12th, 17th and 18th holes.
“I did a good job calming myself down and hit a lot of really good shots on the last five holes,” Greyserman said.
Jeremy Wall was cruising until he closed with three consecutive bogeys, on Nos. 7, 8, and 9, for his 68. He has yet to birdie those three holes and is in search of answers.
“I didn’t finish well, which is the most important part to me,” Wall said, adding: “I have to play seven, eight and nine better. I have to hit better shots or focus harder. I have to do something different on those three, because I’ve struggled on them.”
Pasternak had five birdies and one bogey en route to his 67 and rise to 7-under. He had a little luck on his second-to-last hole, the par-4 17th, when his too-hard chip from 35 yards hit the flagstick and dropped a foot near the hole for a tap-in par.
“Tee to green it was really good, really solid,” said Pasternak. already committed to Notre Dame. “I didn’t put myself in too many poor positions off the tee, and into the greens I stayed in the right spots, hit it close enough to the hole, and gave myself chances all day.”
Costanza labeled his 67 “pretty steady.” The Bergen Catholic graduate and Morristown resident had five birdies and one bogey to climb to 4-under, and his 2020 State Open title shows he’s battle tested for this finale.
“The good thing about this event is it’s 72 holes,” Costanza said. “It’s 36 holes in and you’re only halfway there, so there’s a lot of golf left to be played.”
Jack Wall, like his brother a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, climbed into the red and into the top 10 with a 67 that was “solid, but it could have been a lot lower.” He had five birdies and one bogey and might need a couple more 67s to climb into the thick of it.
“It kind of eases your mind a little bit knowing what to expect,” said Wall, who this spring graduated from Texas Tech. “It’s a long day and you just have to survive it pretty much.”
123rd New Jersey Amateur Championship
At Forest Hill FC, Bloomfield
Par: 71; Yardage: 6,555
Second of four rounds
Reed Greyserman, Hamilton Farm 64-66-130
Jeremy Wall, Manasquan River 67-68-135
Liam Pasternak, Essex Fells 68-67-135
Mark Costanza, Baltusrol 71-67-138
Drew Mulcahy, Baltusrol 68-71-139
Troy Vannucci, Little Mill 69-71-140
Austin Devereux, Manasquan River 70-70-140
Anthony Gallardo, Suburban 73- 68-141
Griffin LaLonde, NJSGA HS E-Club 72-69-141
Jack Wall, Manasquan River 74-67-141
Benjamin Ortwein, Oak Hill 71-70-141
Thomas O’Neill, Hackensack 65-77-142
Eric LeFante, Somerset Hills 70-72-142
Tanner Little, Copper Hill 71-71-142
Mike Stamberger, Spring Lake 74-68-142
Dylan Gallagher, Rockland 69-74-143
Daniel Cassidy, Trump Colts Neck 72-71-143
Jason Bataille, Raritan Valley 71-72-143
CJ Antifonario, Knickerbocker 72-71-143
Stephen Wentz, Baltusrol 71-73-144
Chris Dejohn, Arcola 72-72-144
Arav Patel, Forsgate 68-76-144
Andrew Giuliani, Trump Bedminster 72-72-144
Will Celiberti, Arcola 73-71-144
Ricky Calve, Colts Neck 78-66-144
Anthony Campanile, Deal 75-70-145
Greg Angelillo, Baltusrol 70-75-145
Christian Deussing, NJSGA E-Club 72-73-145
Elliot Parker, Suburban 74-71-145
Sean Vowells, Canoe Brook 74-71-145
Jake Todaro, Shackamaxon 75-71-146
Ethan Lee, Colts Neck 71-75-146
Corey Brigham, NJSGA E-Club 74-72-146
Greg Scalley, Forest Hill 74-72-146
Trevor Randolph, Arcola 72-74-146
Graeme Hollingshead, Trump Bedminster 73-73-146
Barnes Blake, Echo Lake 72-74-146
Alex Yong, Heron Glen 72-75-147
Matthew Normand, Riverton 75-72-147
Robert McHugh, Rock Spring 71-76-147
Michael Gallagher, Echo Lake 74-73-147
Did not make cut
Zach Mueller, Trump Colts Neck 70-78-148
Clifford Lindholm, Montclair 78-70-148
Brandon Capone, Mercer Oaks 78-70-148
Erik Stevens, Hamilton Farm 76-72-148
Gehrig Shannon, Upper Montclair 74-74-148
Michael Reddy, Mendham 74-75-149
Doug Ergood, Tavistock 73-76-149
Garrett Kessler, Mountain Ridge 74-75-149
Michael Guli, Trump Bedminster 74-75-149
Patrick Scenna, Deal 74-75-149
Roger Rice, Basking Ridge 75-74-149
Brendan Hansen, Spring Lake 75-74-149
Brandon Dalinka, Baltusrol 73-76-149
Peter Byrne, NJSGA E-Club 72-78-150
Tyler Galatini, Montclair 77-73-150
Jason Cruz, Navesink 73-78-151
Eric Lasota, Rock Spring 75-76-151
Ben Keyser, Legacy Club 78-73-151
Zach Egermayer, NJSGA E-Club 76-76-152
Brett Inserra, NJSGA E-Club 73-79-152
Shiv Manhas, NJSGA E-Club 73-80-153
Patrick Ryan, Essex County 74-79-153
Jake Aronson, NJSGA E-Club 78-75-153
Kevin Purcell, Forest Hill 73-80-153
Liam Larkin, Warrenbrook 77-76-153
Winston Blank, Hollywood 78-76-154
Brendan Gutzler, Trump Colts Neck 70-84-154
Gavin Rau, Neshanic Valley 78-77-155
William Eke, Eligo 80-75-155
Brian Dowling, Stanton Ridge 78-78-156
John Havay, High Bridge Hills 76-80-156
Michael Clemente, Echo Lake 80-76-156
Anthony Dinelli, Spring Brook 76-81-157
Richie Reck, Jumping Brook 76-81-157
Jake Morgan, Deer Run 78-79-157
James Arbes, Watchung Valley 83-74-157
Cameron Link, Lake Mohawk 79-79-158
Niall Handley, Knoll 79-79-158
Ryder Hodgson, Montclair 77-81-158
Maxwell Sorger, Montclair 80-78-158
Mac Bredahl, Fairmount 77-82-159
Steven Maide, Upper Montclair 83-76-159
Paul Giovannoli, NJSGA E-Club 77-82-159
Adrian Jordan, Cobblestone Creek 81-79-160
Daniel Kopp, Manasquan River 77-83-160
Stephen Boyd, Baltusrol 77-85-162
Erik Grehl, NJSGA E-Club 81-82-163
Andrew Kaskel, Montclair 77-86-163
Pat Noone, Fairway Mews 79-86-165
Ryan Applin, NJSGA E-Club 84-81-165
Michael Corbo, Hamilton Farm 87-82-169
Jake Riggs, NJSGA E-Club 78-NS-NS
Shane Quinn, New Jersey National 79-WD-WD
Bob Johnston, White Beeches 82-WD-WD
For Nora Corthren, the work goes far beyond organizing events or telling stories. It’s about helping people see themselves in hockey.
As the NHL’s Manager of Content, Audience Development, and Social Impact, Corthren works at the crossroads of storytelling and community engagement, helping shine a spotlight on initiatives that make our game of hockey more welcoming and inclusive. From Pride programming to the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award and Hockey Fights Cancer, her role focuses on highlighting the people and organizations making a difference throughout the hockey world.
Over the past four years, Corthren has witnessed meaningful growth across the sport.
“It really has been wonderful to just see the hockey world continue to grow and develop and become more welcoming and more diverse and more inclusive,” she said.
Much of that progress comes from grassroots organizations working to create safe and welcoming spaces for players and fans from all backgrounds. Corthren’s job often involves identifying those stories and using the NHL’s platform to amplify them.
“I think it’s something that a lot of people who do the grassroots work of trying to make the game a more inclusive and welcoming space, they don’t do it for the attention,” she said. “They very much do it for the impact.”
That ability to elevate organizations and individuals making a difference has become one of the most rewarding parts of her work.
Among the initiatives closest to Corthren’s heart is the NHL’s continued involvement in Pride celebrations, including the annual New York City Pride March. For years, the league has marched alongside local hockey organizations and teams from across the New York metropolitan area, including the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Sirens, and New York Rangers.
For Corthren, the importance of that presence cannot be overstated. Seeing the NHL shield, the NHL teams’ logos, and even, yes, NJ Devil, are important parts of representation to a marginalized community.
A notorious mob hitman who once testified against John “Junior” Gotti before cleaning up his life and becoming a councilman in New Jersey has been arrested on extortion and loansharking charges that, if proven, reflect a return to the lifestyle of his youth.
John Alite, 63, was arrested on Friday in New Jersey, where he was sworn in early last year as a councilman in the borough of Englishtown. Released after a court appearance Saturday, Alite is scheduled to return to court for a detention hearing Wednesday.
His attorney, Douglas Anton, responding to an email seeking comment, said he did not want to speak about the case before the next court appearance.
Alite faces multiple counts of extortion, corporate misconduct, loansharking and terroristic threats.
Alite provided loans at exorbitant rates before threatening violence to collect on them, authorities said, citing the discovery in his home of metal knuckles, an expandable baton, six baseball bats and about two dozen knives, including switchblades.
The baseball bats, authorities said, included one stored near his home’s front door and five more in a kitchen storage bench.
An officer of the New Jersey State Police, an investigative arm of the attorney general’s office, said in court papers that it appeared that the weapons found in Alite’s residence were intended for use in collecting debts.
According to court papers, Alite had threatened one person he had lent money to, saying he would strike him across the head with a baseball bat if he didn’t meet his demands.
Alite also had bragged that he had in the past endeavored to “gut” people like “fish,” the court papers said.
In a release, prosecutors said Alite carried out crimes in part through his corporation, Straightened-Out Entertainment Inc.
They said he illegally obtained property and money from his victims by threats of violence in ways that reflected his 2009 testimony at a Gotti trial that ended with a deadlocked jury.
Alite told a Manhattan federal court jury that he killed a childhood friend to earn respect from fellow mobsters.
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The Garden State set a record for monthly iGaming revenue in May. Read how much for the biggest month ever in New Jersey iGaming.
New Jersey online casinos have been going strong all year, but May 2026 was especially notable. The Garden State’s iGaming market earned a record-breaking $276.3 million last month. This amount eclipsed the previous record of $273.2 million set in December 2025.
NJ online casino revenue for May 2026: $276.3 million
The $276.3 million earned in May 2026 represents an 11.9% year-over-year (YoY) increase from May 2025, when NJ online casinos earned $246.8 million.
This was yet another strong month and double-digit increase for New Jersey iGaming. The state had an identical 11.9% YoY uptick last month, when iCasinos made $263.1 million.
Year-to-date earnings for New Jersey gaming sites are $1.32 billion through May 2026. That’s up 14.4% compared to the same time period last year, when New Jersey had $1.16 billion through May 2025.
Golden Nugget enjoyed the strongest month
According to the May 2026 New Jersey iGaming revenue report, the Golden Nugget brand led all NJ iCasinos with $86.45 million. Of the three online casinos operating under Golden Nugget’s license, FanDuel made the most with $63.24 million from casino games online. BetRivers and Golden Nugget Online earned $12.43 million and $10.79 million, respectively.
Resorts Casino Hotel had the second-best month with $53.89 million. It doesn’t break down revenue by each online casino. But DraftKings is the biggest operator on this license on account of its progressive jackpot slots.
Retail casinos stay flat
Last month, brick-and-mortar casinos joined in the party with an 11.7% YoY increase. This month was a different story. New Jersey land-based casinos made $265.6 million in May 2026, just a 0.1% increase over the $256.3 million made the previous May.
The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa had the best month among NJ retail casinos, earning $72.9 million. Hard Rock Atlantic City also had a solid month with $49.9 million, while Ocean Resorts rounded out the top three with $46.8 million.
Sports betting sees a big revenue decrease
In April 2026, sports betting had the largest growth out of New Jersey gambling verticals with a 12.8% YoY increase. However, May 2026 was a different story since NJ bookmakers earned $85.2 million—a 16.9% decrease from the $102.5 million made in the previous May.
The Garden State isn’t an outlier here since other states, like New York and Pennsylvania, also struggled with sports gambling revenue last month. US sportsbooks largely saw a smaller hold in May 2026 and are also dealing with increased competition from prediction markets.
iGaming continues to lead the way
Total gaming revenue for the state was $627.1 million in May 2026, representing a 2.0% YoY increase from the $614.7 million made in the previous May.
iGaming definitely looks to carry the torch moving forward. Many gambling operators are banking on real-money online slots to boost their revenue, while retail casinos and sports betting are currently struggling.
Responsible gambling
Legal US online casinos promote responsible play by allowing players to limit losses, sessions, wagers, and logins. They also offer timeout options for account breaks lasting days to weeks. Self-exclusion is a long-term option that shuts off access to an account for months or years.
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