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A major New Jersey company is putting its name on the New York Red Bulls’ soon-to-be-completed practice facility.

RWJBarnabas Health inked a naming rights deal for the Major League Soccer club’s performance center in Morris Township, NJ Advance Media has learned. Terms of the deal were not immediately available, but the deal is longer than five years and worth eight figures, a league source told NJ Advance Media.

The facility, which sits on an 80-acre land parcel and will include eight full-size outdoor soccer pitches, is scheduled to open in March.

It becomes the second sports practice facility that the state’s biggest healthcare provider network sponsors, joining the RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center at Rutgers, which hosts the university’s basketball, wrestling and gymnastics programs on Livingston campus.

This marks the second major naming rights deal inked by the Red Bulls in the past 14 months. In December of 2024, it signed a multi-year deal with Sports Illustrated Tickets to change the name of its home venue — known as Red Bull Arena since it opened in 2008 — to Sports Illustrated Stadium.

The club’s practice facility, which will feature “a mix of heated, irrigated natural grass and turf surfaces with one 500-seat match field designated for Academy games. Outdoor areas are equipped with advanced training technology like multi-angle camera tracking systems for analytics and player development. Along with the First Team and Red Bulls II, the complex will also be home to the New York Red Bulls Academy and Youth Training programs.

The performance center, which was first announced in October of 2021 and saw construction begin in May of 2024, will be the home to the club’s first team, reserve team, academy and youth training programs. Located on the site of Honeywell’s former headquarters off of Columbia Road in Morris Township, it will feature a mix of heated, irrigated natural grass and turf surfaces with one 500-seat match field designated for Academy games.

It will also have a custom-designed building with fully-equipped gyms, a dining hall with nutrition spaces and a professional chef, academic spaces for youth education and a comprehensive medical suite and innovation lab with physiotherapy spaces for preparation, rehabilitation, and recovery.

The New York Giants are nearing a deal with their guy.

According to multiple reports, the Giants are finalizing a deal to hire John Harbaugh as their next head coach and centerpiece of what they hope is a franchise revival.

ESPN reported via multiple sources late Wednesday night that a “deal is expected,” though a source told NFL insider Adam Schefter, “There still is a lot to work through.”

Harbaugh declined to comment to The Athletic, which reported via two sources directly involved in the process that “the Giants are primed” to land the recently fired Baltimore Ravens head coach.

The Giants, 7-27 the past two seasons, made Harbaugh their No. 1 option throughout this latest coaching search. Now, he is on the precipice of being the fifth coach in 11 seasons since Tom Coughlin’s dismissal.

The Giants on Wednesday were the first coach-needy team of this hiring cycle to host Harbaugh for an in-person interview. At that point, they also were the only team that had complied with the Rooney Rule, which meant they were the only team that could make an immediate hire.

Unlike previous coaches Brian Daboll, Joe Judge, Pat Shurmur and Ben McAdoo, Harbaugh has plenty of winning head coaching experience, though he inarguably underachieved with star quarterback Lamar Jackson in Baltimore.

Harbaugh, 63, now aims for his second Super Bowl ring — and the Giants’ fifth — as he builds around Jaxson Dart, coming out of the quarterback’s promising rookie season in 2025. Dart was part of the meeting to lure Harbaugh, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported.

No coach has ever won a Super Bowl with two different franchises. So Harbaugh would cement his impressive legacy by doing it. But clearly, he and the Giants have a long way to go before that’s even close to reality.

Though the Giants went 4-13, including 4-8 in games Dart started, their fans headed into 2026 with some hope — largely because of Dart.

Still, since the Giants won their most recent Super Bowl title in 2011, they have just two playoff trips and one postseason victory, in 2022, when they went 9-7-1.

Before winning just four games last year and three in 2023, they won three, five, four, six and four from 2017-21. So these have been miserable times for Giants co-owners John Mara, who is now battling cancer, and Steve Tisch.

Yet they believe Harbaugh can work with general manager Joe Schoen — who has mostly underwhelmed through four seasons on the job — and boost the Giants back to contender status.

As for Harbaugh, he led the Ravens from 2008-25 and won the Super Bowl in 2012. He reached the postseason 12 times in 18 years and went 180-113 in the regular season, including 13-4 and 12-5 in 2023 and 2024.

But in seven seasons with Jackson — an elite player — as his full-time starter, Harbaugh reached zero Super Bowls and one AFC title game, in 2023.

During Harbaugh’s final season in Baltimore, the Ravens struggled with injuries and finished 8-9, as Harbaugh reportedly lost the locker room and saw his relationship with Jackson crumble.

How will he fare with Dart and an inferior, Schoen-constructed roster in 2026 and beyond? The Giants are about to find out.

Ten apartment complex properties in Union County have been purchased for $90 million in one of the largest multifamily transactions in New Jersey in 2025, according to CoStar data.

The off-market deal arranged by Woodbridge-based Kislak Co. included 540 units spread across properties in Roselle, Roselle Park, Elizabeth, and Rahway.

Kislak Managing Director Jeff Squires represented the seller, Landmark Companies of Keasbey, and also procured the buyer, whose identity was not disclosed.

The largest property in the portfolio is Sunrise Village Apartments in Roselle Park, with 275 units.

Other properties range from 14 to 48 units and include a mix of studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments.

All feature on-site parking and are located near shopping and public transportation to New York City.

The properties include:

Landmark principals Michael Gottlieb and Eric Harvitt sold the properties as part of a strategic repositioning that included exchanging some legacy holdings for a newer residential community in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“We are making an effort to position our company for future success by diversifying geographically and improving the product type we own and manage,” the principals said in a written statement. “New Jersey will always be the center of our universe, and we are excited about future development and acquisitions here, but we also feel it is healthy to have a presence in other markets as well.”

Most of the properties had been owned and managed by the original developer’s family for three generations, according to Squires.

“The sale of the portfolio represents an extraordinary value-add opportunity for the purchaser to acquire over 500 well-maintained units in some of the strongest rental markets throughout northern New Jersey,” Squires said.

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For the second year in a row, Kevin Herget will have a chance to prove himself at Mets camp next spring.

The Mets signed the veteran right-hander to a minor-league deal with an invitation to major-league spring training, Will Sammon of The Athletic reported on Thursday night.

Herget, 34, is a depth piece and in all likelihood will start the year in Triple-A Syracuse if he sticks around through Grapefruit League play, but there’s a lot to like from his time in the organization last year.

Not only did the righty post a 2.81 ERA over 23 appearances with the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate, but he pitched relatively well over 12 games with the big-league club — Herget had a 3.00 ERA with a 2.89 FIP in 12 innings.

It’s a small sample of only 56 batters faced, but Herget did a good job of avoiding hard contact at the big-league level in 2025. Opposing hitters didn’t barrel up a single pitch from Herget and the right-hander had what Statcast considers an elite 87.2 average exit velocity.

On the other side of that spectrum, Herget rarely made hitters swing and miss and he had only six strikeouts in 13 total innings.

Across parts of four seasons in the big leagues, Herget has a 4.20 career ERA.

Herget was designated for assignment on two separate occasions last year by the Mets. He pitched in one game with the Mets in late April and then got scooped up by the Braves on waivers. He pitched in one MLB game with the Braves in July. When Atlanta cut ties with Herget shortly thereafter, the Mets picked him back up and he bounced between Triple-A and the big leagues a few times before getting designated for assignment again in late September.

In Triple-A this past season, Herget made three starts, so he does have a bit of experience stretching out. Sammon reported earlier this offseason that Carl Edwards Jr., another non-roster invitee who will be at camp on a minor-league deal next spring, is expected to be used as a starter. Even if he’s not starting, Herget’s ability to pitch multiple innings makes him a candidate to compete for a long-relief role if he impresses at spring training.

Speaking of pitching depth, the Mets designated left-hander Brandon Waddell for assignment on Wednesday. That was the corresponding move for the addition of catcher Drew Romo to the 40-man roster — Romo was claimed off waivers from the Orioles.

RWJBarnabas Health and Englewood Health have signed a Definitive Agreement under which Englewood Health will become part of RWJBarnabas Health, officials announced.

The agreement is expected to enhance healthcare services for residents in Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties, as well as surrounding communities, according to the health systems.

The transaction is subject to approval from state and federal regulatory agencies before it can be finalized.

RWJBarnabas Health is New Jersey’s largest academic health system, providing care to more than five million people annually, officials said. The system includes 14 hospitals, more than 45,000 employees, and 9,000 affiliated physicians delivering care at over 700 locations statewide.

Officials said the system is nationally recognized for quality and safety and maintains a major partnership with Rutgers University, including the Rutgers Cancer Institute, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Under the agreement, Englewood Health’s role as a comprehensive healthcare provider for Bergen County will be strengthened, officials said. RWJBarnabas Health plans to make significant capital investments in Englewood while expanding outpatient services and community health programs currently offered by Englewood Health.

“Englewood Health has a long history of providing superior care to the residents of Bergen County and surrounding communities,” said Mark E. Manigan, President and Chief Executive Officer of RWJBarnabas Health. “We look to build upon this history together to enhance access to world-class academic medicine and cutting-edge cancer treatment, as well as expand community programs and vital resources for the most vulnerable.”

“Englewood shares a perspective and culture consistent with our mission of improving and sustaining the health of all New Jersey residents,” Manigan said. “The changing health care landscape presents new challenges, but also great opportunities. We are eager to explore the many opportunities for collaboration signaled by this Definitive Agreement.”

Englewood Health President and Chief Executive Officer Warren Geller said the agreement will allow the system to deliver expanded services with additional resources, [ensuring] Englewood Health’s ability "to deliver world-class care to the communities we serve in a broader way, with greater resources and more cutting-edge technologies," Geller said.