Brian Fonseca

1 week ago | nj.com | Brian Fonseca |Patrick Lanni |Steve Politi

Rutgers has officially begun looking for an athletic director. The school announced last week that it has launched its search for a permanent replacement for Pat Hobbs, who abruptly resigned from his post in mid-August before an investigation into an inappropriate, consensual relationship with one of the school’s coaches.

1 week ago | nj.com | Brian Fonseca

Shedrick Rhodes is headed back to his former home. A year after transferring to Rutgers from Ohio, the offensive lineman is transferring back to the Bobcats, he announced Monday afternoon. And in his first game back at Ohio, Rhodes will return to Piscataway; the Scarlet Knights host the Bobcats in their season opener on Thursday, Aug. 28. Between injury and his spot on the depth chart, the Georgia native did not play much in his lone season as a Scarlet Knight.

1 week ago | nj.com | Brian Fonseca

Zach Aamland is moving across the Big Ten and back to his home state. Rutgers has signed the offensive line transfer from Illinois, who is a South Brunswick native and attended The Hun School in in Princeton, a person with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media. Aamland has three years of eligibility remaining. A three-star recruit in the class of 2023, Aamland did not make an appearance across his two seasons with the Illini.

1 week ago | nj.com | Brian Fonseca

The final transfer portal window ahead of the 2025 season closed last week, but that does not mean rosters for this fall are set just yet. While players can no longer leave their programs outside of specific circumstances — a coaching change, for example — teams can still add players for the next few months. Rutgers might be among the teams that bolster their roster in that span.

1 week ago | americasquarterly.org | Brian Fonseca

Reading Time: 4 minutesOngoing renewed talks between the U.S. and Iran show that engagement remains a key instrument in the Trump administration’s foreign policy toolbox, even as it advances a staunch “America First” agenda. This isn’t complicity with Tehran’s regime—it’s strategic, and the move suggests that the White House continues to prioritize pragmatism over ideology. A similar principle can be applied in a case much closer to home and with significant ramifications: Venezuela.