Published on: 14th December, 2009
East Rutherford — This was the game that would go a long way towards deciding the season for the Giants. It couldn’t get any bigger than this. A national television audience, hated division rivals in the visiting Philadelphia Eagles, and a little swagger in their step coming off of last week’s huge win over the [...]
Published on: 7th December, 2009
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Ever since he was a child, Brandon Jacobs has felt one emotion toward the Dallas Cowboys: hatred. So when the New York Giants running back sparked a 31-24 victory over Dallas on Sunday that scrambled the NFC East standings, he couldn’t have been more thrilled. “It’s the biggest play of my [...]
Published on: 27th November, 2009
New York — It’s over, Giants fans. The schedule says there are still five games left to the 2009 season, almost a full third of the season but believe me, it’s kiss the playoffs goodbye time. This Giants team realized sometime during the third quarter of tonight’s embarrassing 26-6 loss in Denver that they were [...]
Published on: 18th November, 2009
An insiders look at today’s TOM COUGHLIN PRESS CONFERENCE Ahmad Bradshaw is listed as the only player that will not practice today. We will have a good rotation. Q: We talked with Eli and Justin on Monday about how they came back with their heads cleared a little bit and felt a little refreshed. Is [...]
Published on: 21st September, 2009
Irving, Texas – The whole state of Texas was rocking tonight as the Dallas Cowboys opened their $1.175 billion “Palace in Dallas” tonight when they hosted the division rival New York Giants. The party atmosphere here, which included an NFL record crowd of 105,121 screaming fans turned sad at the end when the Giants won the [...]
Published on: 19th September, 2009
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Dallas is annually the scene of one of the Giants’ most challenging road games. The Cowboys almost always field a playoff-caliber team, their fans are loud, loyal and raucous and the intensity of the NFC East rivalry results in a raw and combative game. If you could multiply all that emotion [...]
Published on: 14th September, 2009
Derek Jeter is the MVP of the American League, hands-down. Joe Mauer? Uh uh. Batting .360 is an amazing feat for anyone, let alone a catcher like Mauer. It’s a great achievement but let’s keep things in perspective. Mauer is doing it when his teams’ games have no meaning and no pressure attached to them. [...]
Published on: 7th September, 2009
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Giants announced they have signed eight players, including six who were with them in training camp and were waived on Saturday, to their practice squad. The group includes two of their 2009 draft choices, quarterback Rhett Bomar (fifth round) and cornerback DeAndre Wright (sixth). Also on the squad are running [...]
Published on: 1st September, 2009
Umenyiora Takes Flight From Giants CampNew York — The New York Giants have enough problems so far this pre-season. Their offense is not balanced between the run and the pass, their defense is not settled at the linebacker position, there are injuries dotting all areas of the roster, and Tom Coughlin isn’t a happy camper. Now, Osi Unenyiora took the [...]
Published on: 29th August, 2009
New York – – This hasn’t been the best of seasons for the New York Mets franchise, has it? Their home ballpark continues to look like an overpriced municipal stadium with it’s Brooklyn homage to Jackie Robinson. It’s team roster was ill-conceived and ill-designed by a general manager who seemed more interested in using Fred Wilpon’s money to build [...]