Bob Behre always loved
sports. Growing up a huge
Yankee fan, he always
dreamt of playing for the
Yankees. When he realized
that he would not become
a professional athlete, he
started to write.
Mr. Behre grew up
in Orange, NJ in a lower
class neighborhood. He
moved to Bloomfield after
6th grade and played
baseball, track, and
football in high school.
When he realized he had
no future playing sports,
with some influence from
his father, he began to
write. He credits his father
as being “someone who
always gave me a push,”
Behre said.
After attending
Rowan University as a
communications major,
Behre became a sports
writer for the Star-Ledger
where he covers high
school sports. He covers
baseball, football,
wrestling, and sometimes
soccer. Behre loves his job
as a sportswriter. “Part of
my job is watching a sports
game,” he said.
Behre has seen a
lot of major games during
his time as a sports writer.
One game he remembers
very well was a state
championship baseball
game. Seton Hall Prep was
playing Christian Brothers
Academy. In the bottom of
the 7th inning, CBA loaded
the bases but the Seton
Hall Prep pitcher was able
to get out of the jam.
One benefit to
Behre’s job as a sports
writer for high school
sports is he gets to see
outstanding young
athletes play every time
he covers a game.
One instance is
when Bob covered a Seton
Hall Prep baseball game.
The pitcher on the mound
was Rick Porcello, who
would eventually go on to
play Major League
Baseball and is currently a
starting pitcher for the
Detroit Tigers. “The kid
was throwing 97 MPH in
high school,” Behre said.
Bob Behre found a
way to make a career out
of the thing he loves,
sports. This shows a lot
about his character. It
shows that he is
passionate about what he
loves and his career choice
displays that the most.
Behre, who has a
wife and kids says he
always dreamt of covering
a professional sports team
such as the Yankees or
Mets, but since he is a
family man that dream
may never happen. Behre
has no complaints about
his job or life “the happiest
time of my life has to be
right now.
Behre had a lot of
advice for aspiring sports
writers. “You have to have
thick skin,” he said. He
stressed the fact that the
editor of the paper will not
hold back on telling you
your paper is not good.
Behre said the toughest
part of his career was
losing his ego coming out
of college.
Bob Behre was
able to continue doing the
thing he loves without
playing. He loves his job
and his family. “Everyone
gets to a point in their life
where everything falls into
place” Behre said
regarding how he feels
about his life now. He
described himself as fair,
passionate, easygoing,
happy, and aggressive, and
his work ethic and life as a
father display all five of
those traits.