Published on: 7th November, 2010
SEATTLE (AP) — The first half was all the New York Giants needed to put away the Seahawks and memories of past losses in Seattle. Eli Manning picked apart Seattle’s secondary for 232 yards and three touchdowns and Ahmad Bradshaw added two TDs — all in the opening half — and the Giants routed the [...]
Published on: 7th November, 2010
NFL Roundup - Week 9 - Favre Engineers Miracle Comeback for VikingsMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Even Brett Favre thought the Minnesota Vikings were done — for the game, and quite possibly the season. Down 14 with less than five minutes to play against Arizona. Chants of “Fire Childress!” filling the Metrodome. A Super Bowl-or-bust season on the brink. Suddenly, Favre conjured the kind of magic that simply [...]
Published on: 4th October, 2010
New York – Let’s not get all giggly and excited, Giants fans, about tonight’s 17-3 dismantling of the previously undefeated Chicago Bears. This was not exactly the Monsters of the Midway of Bears yore the Giants had beaten just as the Giants’ other win this year, against the soon-to-be-unemployed John Fox Carolina Panthers, are no [...]
Published on: 20th August, 2010
ALBANY, N.Y. – The Giants added an intriguing and potentially significant player to their offensive line today when they signed two-time Pro Bowl guard Shawn Andrews, a former first-round draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles. Andrews, 6-4½ and 330 pounds, was at the University at Albany yesterday for a workout and signed with the Giants [...]
Published on: 15th June, 2010
HEAD COACH TOM COUGHLIN Post PM Practice – New Meadowlands Stadium June 15, 2010 Q: What is your reaction to working here in the new stadium? A: It’s good to be here; really good to be here. We needed to get in here. It is a beautiful, beautiful stadium. I have been in the locker [...]
Published on: 15th June, 2010
Following is today’s Q and A Giants head coach Tom Coughlin had with the media after today’s mini-camp practice at The Meadowlands. HEAD COACH TOM COUGHLIN POST PRACTICE June 15, 2010 Seventy-five – 80 degrees, no humidity – perfect day, beautiful grass, and sunshine, all of your friends are out here. It couldn’t be better; [...]
Published on: 11th May, 2010
New York — Rex Ryan is challenging two of his Jets players to slim down before training camp. Ryan, who underwent lap-band surgery two months ago, began a contest with defensive tackle Kris Jenkins and offensive tackle Damien Woody to see who can lose the most weight by July 30 — the day before the [...]
Published on: 26th April, 2010
New York – Doesn’t Chipper Jones look like a shell of himself, so far? The 38-year old (where have all the years gone?) third baseman of the Atlanta Braves has played with the R word (retirement) for a couple of years now. He injured a hip yesterday against the Mets by just swinging the bat. Those are [...]
Published on: 23rd April, 2010
Mandel's Musings - NFL Misses Its Mark With Primetime DraftNew York – The 2010 NFL draft has now completed its first three rounds, spread out over two prime time, made for television productions with one more “show” remaining tomorrow morning. The NFL, perhaps taking advantage of the recent popularity of tv reality shows, had been hoping to make this event into an extravaganza filled with [...]
Published on: 23rd April, 2010
New York – In an exclusive interview this evening with Scott Mandel of SportsReporters.com, New York Giants owner John Mara discussed the Giants number one draft pick, Jason Pierre-Paul, the defensive end from the University of South Florida. Having noticed Mr. Mara walking out of the Giants administrative offices and headed towards his car shortly after his Giants [...]