Two-time Super Bowl champ to speak at this year’s Friendly Sons banquet

The Greater Wilkes-Barre Friendly Sons of St. Patrick announce their guest speaker for this year’s banquet will be Carl Banks, a former All-Pro NFL linebacker, two-time Super Bowl champion, and Michigan State Hall of Famer. Banks is president of G-III Sports, a company he founded more than 20 years ago, personally designing collections of sports apparel and reviving the iconic Starter satin jacket.

Saints’ fans crying like it’s 2008?

Saints’ fans crying like it’s 2008? The New Orleans Saints enter Sunday’s 2016 regular-season finale headed nowhere again. Check out this story on dailyworld.com: Saints fans have a huge difference of opinion on whether Drew Brees has New Orleans pointing forward or still heading backwards entering the 2016 regular-season finale.

MetLife Stadium’s biggest challenge met last weekend

This Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 photo provided by MetLife Stadium shows the field at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The biggest challenges at the New Jersey Meadowlands last weekend probably didn’t belong to the Giants and Jets. Instead, it was the folks charged with getting MetLife Stadium ready for a Saturday night Dolphins-Jets game and an early afternoon Lions-Giants contest the next day.