ROBBINSVILLE − How big a win is too big? And at what point does a mercy rule become counterproductive in high school sports? A lot of items were approved at a busy Sept. 17 meeting of the NJSIAA ...

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athlete Association has taken a stand against blowouts in high school basketball. At its first executive committee meeting of the 2025-26 school year, the NJSIAA ...

In the ongoing battle to reduce blowouts in high school sports, the NJSIAA executive committee approved a basketball mercy rule, starting this school year, that will trigger a running clock in the ...

The embarrassing result has reignited heated discussions about New Jersey’s growing adoption of mercy rules designed to prevent runaway scorelines. In the past two years, the state has introduced such ...

There is, by rule, no mercy in postseason college baseball. Despite the SEC adding a 10-run rule ahead of the 2023 college baseball season and other conferences following the lead during the 2024 ...