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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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New York Giants stories: 86 news summaries

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 NFL Cracks Down 
 on Zebra Abuse 

Commish ponders fine for Burress as league shows shorter fuse on public criticism

Oct 24, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL has long been sensitive about criticism of its officials, but commissioner Roger Goodell is more often going after the wallets of players for ripping refs, particularly on the field during games, USA Today reports. Chicago’s Brian Urlacher was fined for such an incident last week, and Goodell... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • New York Giants • San Diego Chargers • Plaxico Burress • referees • Ed Hochuli

glossies

 1958 Classic Still Rings True 

Legendary Giants-Colts matchup looks odd to Eagles' Reid, but remains 'awesome'

Sep 22, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pigskin was served up differently 50 years ago, and Atlantic scribe Marc Bowden learned just how differently by watching the 1958 New York Giants-Baltimore Colts classic with current Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid. “You can’t even do that today," Reid said of the Colts' first play. “... More »

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NFL • Brett Favre • football • New York Giants • Philadelphia Eagles • Andy Reid • Baltimore Colts • Johnny Unitas

 Cowboys NFL's 
 Richest at $1.6B 

Average team worth over $1B

Sep 11, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL is the richest pro sports league in the world, with the average value of each franchise topping $1 billion, reports Bloomberg. The combined value of the league jumped 7% from last year and has more than tripled since Forbes began ranking the teams 10 years ago. The jump... More »

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NFL • Indianapolis Colts • Houston Texans • Dallas Cowboys • New England Patriots • Washington Redskins • Chicago Bears • New York Giants • New York Jets • Philadelphia Eagles • Baltimore Ravens • Forbes • revenue • corporate sponsorship • stadia

 Giants Beat Skins in Opener


Sep 4, 08 9:19 PM CDT
(AP) - The New York Giants kicked off their Super Bowl title defense with what else—defense. Playing without Pro Bowl linemen Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, the defense limited the new-look Washington Redskins to 11 first downs and 209 total yards and gave indications that these Giants are back for another... More »

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NFL • Washington Redskins • New York Giants

NFL OPENER

 Champ Giants Still Underdogs 

Season opener to test New York, Washington

Sep 4, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - They’re the Super Bowl champions, but when the New York Giants take the field against the rival Redskins to begin the NFL season tonight, they’ll feel like underdogs. “Nobody really has a lot of respect for us,” says Plaxico Burress. “Even when we won the... More »

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NFL • Washington Redskins • New York Giants • Michael Strahan • Osi Umenyiora

(Newser) - Former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan won’t be back on the field for another season. Strahan has turned down the injury-plagued team’s offer to bring him back from retirement, FOXSports.com reports. The Pro Bowler said the price was right, but he wasn’t willing to put his... More »

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NFL • football • New York Giants • Michael Strahan

Giants Could Tempt Retired Strahan Back—for $8M

With team stung by injury to Umenyiora, defensive end open to NFL return

Aug 25, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comebacks always have a price tag attached, and for former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, it’d take $8 million to lure him out of his 77-day retirement, a source tells the New York Daily News. "If the Giants make a sincere overture, it's a good chance that Strahan... More »

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NFL • football • New York Giants • Michael Strahan

Glossies

 How Eli Manning
 Won Over NYC

How the younger Manning turned his vices into virtues with one improbable drive

Aug 17, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - It took a while for New Yorkers to warm to Eli Manning and his quiet intensity, Kevin Conley writes in a profile of the Giants quarterback in Men’s Vogue, but he turned the town around with one miraculous drive—and a Super Bowl win. Manning, who lives in... More »

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NFL • Indianapolis Colts • New England Patriots • Super Bowl • Peyton Manning • New York Giants • Eli Manning

Man Tried to Blackmail Giants Coach: Feds

Suspect targeted Coughlin in alleged bid to frame ex-co-workers

Aug 15, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Philadelphia man faces federal extortion charges and 2 years in prison after confessing to attempting to blackmail Giants coach Tom Coughlin, the New York Daily News reports. The coach received letters purportedly from two women 2 weeks ago and notified the NFL, which passed along the evidence to the... More »

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NFL • FBI • blackmail • extortion • New York Giants • Tom Coughlin • US Attorney's Office

OPINION

Top NFL Training Camp Issues, Non-Favre Edition

Jets, Bears among teams facing personnel issues; pressure on Raiders' Kiffin to win

Jul 21, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL is in the midst of a turbulent off-season, even if you ignore the Brett Favre and Chad Johnson sagas. ESPN’s John Clayton breaks down the other top distractions as training camp nears:
  • With NFL Europe gone but the 80-man roster still in place, teams will have
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NFL • Dallas Cowboys • Oakland Raiders • football • Chicago Bears • Brian Urlacher • New York Giants • New York Jets • Philadelphia Eagles • training camps • sports contracts • Jeremy Shockey • offseason • Lane Kiffin • Brian Westbrook • Lito Sheppard

 Strahan Goes
 Out on Top 

Giants' sack-happy defensive end says he's retiring at 36; TV gig may be next

Jun 9, 08 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Strahan is retiring after 15 years with the New York Giants, ESPN reports. The defensive end, 36, set the NFL's single-season sacks record with 22.5 sacks during the 2001 season, participated in seven Pro Bowls, and got his first Super Bowl ring earlier this year. Strahan walks away... More »

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NFL • retirement • championship • NFL Pro Bowl • New York Giants • Michael Strahan • defense

McLouth's 2 HR Help Duke Get 1st Win in Nearly 11 Months

San Francisco loses for 6th time in nine games

May 6, 08 11:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nate McLouth, dropped a spot in Pittsburgh's order to get more opportunities to produce runs, homered twice while driving in three runs and Zach Duke won for the first time in nearly a year as the Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 12-6 on Tuesday night. Duke (1-2) was winless... More »

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MLB • Pittsburgh Pirates • New York Giants • Nate McLouth • baseball

 Rockies Top Giants 3-2 

Lincecum saddled with hard-luck loss

Apr 30, 08 12:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Lincecum's first loss of the year came via a debated balk call that pushed home the go-ahead run. Chris Iannetta, who replaced the injured Troy Tulowitzki in the first, scored on that seventh-inning balk by Lincecum that led the Colorado Rockies past the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Tuesday... More »

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MLB • Colorado Rockies • New York Giants • baseball • Tim Lincecum

Sorry, Ladies: Eli's Officially
Off the Market

Giants' QB weds college sweetheart
in Mexico

Apr 20, 08 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sorry gals, Giants quarterback Eli Manning is no longer a free man. He and college sweetheart Abby McGrew wed in a sunset ceremony last night in Mexico, the New York Post reports. A few dozen family and friends gathered at a seaside resort, where the well-tanned couple said their vows... More »

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Mexico • wedding • Peyton Manning • New York Giants • Eli Manning • Abby McGrew

 Eli to Wed College Sweetheart 

Giants' QB will wed college sweetheart

Apr 5, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York Giants’ QB Eli Manning will marry his college love in New York later this month, family sources told the New York Post. Manning, 27, and Abby McGrew, 24, picked up their marriage license in Manhattan this week, onlookers said. McGrew’s father and Manning’s brother (Cooper, not... More »

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New York City • marriage • wedding • New York Giants • Eli Manning • Abby McGrew

Patriots' 'Winning' Gear Finds a Home

T-shirts to celebrate championship go to needy in Nicaragua

Feb 14, 08 8:42 PM CST
(Newser) - A small town in Nicaragua is celebrating New England's victory in the Super Bowl, the New York Post reports, with children donning T-shirts celebrating the NFL's first-ever 19-0 season. Yes, yes, the Giants were the actual victors Feb. 2, but the gear had to be ready for a Patriots win—... More »

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New England Patriots • New York Giants • Tom Brady • Nicaragua • Eli Manning • World Vision • NFL charities

Giants Reward Spagnuolo for Staying

Defensive coordinator gets huge contract after spurning Redskins

Feb 8, 08 1:07 AM CST
(Newser) - The Washington Redskins loss is the New York Giants gain. Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo took himself out of the running for the Redskins coaching job and instead accepted a three-year contract from the Giants yesterday, reports for New York Times. The contract, which pays $2 million a season, makes Spagnuolo... More »

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NFL • Washington Redskins • New York Giants • Daniel Snyder • Steve Spagnuolo

Triumphant Giants Conquer NY

Crowds cheer at airport, stadium, and on streets of Manhattan

Feb 5, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The Super Bowl champion New York Giants received a New York welcome at today's victory parade. Hundreds of thousands of fans and 50 tons of confetti filled the streets of Lower Manhattan. Players waved atop floats, many catching the action on camcorders as fans bellowed their support, and Michael Strahan... More »

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New York City • Michael Bloomberg • New York Giants • Tom Coughlin • Eli Manning • fans • Super Bowl XLII • Super Bowl parade

Pats Fans: Cherchez la Femme

Patriots Nation equates Gisele with Jessica after Brady folds like Romo

Feb 5, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - How can Patriots fans avoid blaming golden boy Tom Brady for his lackluster Super Bowl performance? Point at the woman, of course. Online posters have begun calling Gisele Bundchen a bad-luck charm à la Jessica Simpson, and even the Boston Herald has suggested that Brady's lady somehow contributed to New... More »

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NFL • New England Patriots • curse • Gisele Bundchen • New York Giants • Tom Brady • Tony Romo • Jessica Simpson

Big Apple Braces for
Giant Tuesday

Super Bowl parade, primary, and Fashion Week descend on NYC

Feb 5, 08 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Even by Big Apple standards, New York is in for a crazy day. The Super Bowl champion Giants are returning home for their victory parade just as voters head to the polls to decide New York’s crucial presidential primary. “It’s one of our busiest days since Sept.... More »

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Super Tuesday • New York • presidential primaries • New York Giants • Super Bowl XLII • Suuper Bowl parade

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