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New York Giants Have 20/1 Post-NFL Draft Odds to Win Super Bowl XLVIII
May 25th, 2013 at 6:30 AM
There is still some time to go before the start of the new NFL season, but that doesn’t mean that fans of the sport have not already started to speculate about which teams have a realistic chance of the AFC and NFC championships, and of winning the Super Bowl at...

New York Giants’ Justin Tuck on Having a Gay Teammate: “If He Helps Us Win, I Don’t Give a Damn”
April 25th, 2013 at 11:30 AM
***PHOTO1*** Add New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck to the growing list of NFL players who would have absolutely no problem with a gay teammate. "If he's helping me win football games, I don't give a damn," Tuck said on Thursday. The veteran noted that the reaction to a homosexual player...

New York Giants’ Eli Manning, Victor Cruz Rank in Top 10 in NFL Jersey Sales
April 11th, 2013 at 6:30 AM
After winning two Super Bowls over the last six seasons, the New York Giants have established themselves as one of the premier organizations in the NFL and a perennial contender for the Lombardi Trophy. That's not said to be a Giants homer or portray favoritism, but any franchise that attains...

Brandon Jacobs Says He’s “Trying to Get Back in” a New York Giants Uniform
April 8th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
The grass isn't always greener on the other side, and that's something running back Brandon Jacobs has preached for quite some time now. After leaving the New York Giants a year ago due to a minor financial conflict, he spent the 2012-2013 season in a San Francisco 49ers uniform ......

David Tyree’s Super Bowl XLII Catch Suspiciously Eliminated from NFL.com’s Top Play Tournament
April 4th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
As with anything in life, some things make perfect sense, while others are head scratchers. Former New York Giants wide receiver David Tyree's "helmet catch" in Super Bowl XLII may not be the greatest play in NFL history. It's easy to make an argument for any number of other plays, as...

April Fools Day Inspires Fake Victor Cruz to 49ers Reports; New York Giants Fans Have Meltdown
April 1st, 2013 at 1:41 PM
Although reports in the early stages of free agency suggested that the New York Giants expected another team to sign restricted free-agent Victor Cruz to an offer sheet, Cruz's astronomical contract demands have left him unsigned three weeks into the 2013 league year. By now, it's all but certain that...

Madden 25 Cover: Former Giants DE Michael Strahan Defeats Kurt Warner, Advances to Sweet 16
March 28th, 2013 at 2:00 PM
The representative for the New York Giants in the Madden 25 Cover Tournament is still alive. Former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan has moved on in the tournament of 64 players by defeating former Arizona Cardinals and Giants quarterback Kurt Warner. ***PHOTO1*** The No. 5 seed Strahan won the voting 51% to 49%...

San Francisco 49ers “Believed” to Be Interested in Lawrence Tynes
March 11th, 2013 at 12:50 PM
***PHOTO1*** The San Francisco 49ers may again find themselves picking scraps off of the New York Giants' free agent pile here in 2013. A year ago it was wide receiver Mario Manningham and running back Brandon Jacobs, and this year it could be kicker Lawrence Tynes, whom the team is...

Ahmad Bradshaw Open to Signing with New York Jets; Still Eyeing New York Giants Return
February 12th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
The moment the 2012 season ended, running back Ahmad Bradshaw knew his time with the New York Giants was up. His contract was more than the Giants could afford, and the meeting to say goodbye was inevitable. However, few things last forever, and Bradshaw believes a return to Big Blue...

New York Giants’ Eli Manning Disagrees with Joe Flacco’s NY/NJ Super Bowl Comments
February 1st, 2013 at 11:00 AM
***PHOTO1*** As a professional athlete, or really just as a professional anything, there are some things you can not say or do. With the vast media and social networking tools available nowadays, inappropriate comments spread like wildfire before there is even a chance for a retraction to be made. The...

Giants’ Justin Tuck Weighs in on Homosexual Teammates, Michael Strahan & Superbowl XLVII
January 31st, 2013 at 1:20 PM
On Wednesday, San Francisco 49ers defensive back Chris Culliver made headlines by speaking out against the presence of gay and homosexual players in the NFL. Though Culliver since retracted his comments (to whatever insignificant degree they can be retracted), it is the very paradigm that Culliver operates in that has New York...

New York Giants’ Martellus Bennett: “There’s Definitely One or Two Gay Guys on Every Team”
January 31st, 2013 at 8:00 AM
***PHOTO1*** The big story from New Orleans on Wednesday came by way of San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver, who shared a controversial view on homosexuals in an NFL locker-room. When asked if gays would be welcomed, an uneasy Culliver said "I don't do the gay guys man. I don't...

San Francisco 49ers’ Joe Staley on 26-3 Week 6 Loss to New York Giants: “We Just Weren’t On”
January 30th, 2013 at 2:30 PM
Hey, whaddya know? There are more members of the San Francisco 49ers talking about the New York Giants. This time it comes by way of offensive tackle Joe Staley, who suggested the 26-3 loss suffered to Big Blue in week six of this season was merely because his team "just...

San Francisco 49ers’ Kyle Williams “Shocked” NFL Didn’t Investigate Giants After NFC Championship
January 30th, 2013 at 11:30 AM
The 2011-2012 season has already been written in the history books. The New York Giants reigned as world champions, and did so by first defeating the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game and then the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. 2012-2013 brought about a new season, and...

Former New York Giants WR Mario Manningham is Tired of Talking About Super Bowl XLVI Catch
January 30th, 2013 at 8:30 AM
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Mario Manningham once again finds himself at the Super Bowl, although unlike last year, he'll be forced to sit this one out due to injury. Still, the former New York Giants third-round pick managed to hobble himself to Media Day on Tuesday, where a sea...

49ers’ Frank Gore on NFC Championship Loss to New York Giants: “We were the Better Team”
January 29th, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Since 2007, the New York Giants have never won a game. At least not if you were to ask their opponents, who all claim they were the "better team" and the Giants either got lucky or some other nonsensical excuse. And that line of thinking continued on Monday as San...

Chris Ault: New York Giants, Eli Manning Could Run Pistol Offense
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:30 PM
***PHOTO1*** The NFL is a copycat league, and as was the case only a few short years ago, gimmick offenses are all the rage. First it was the wildcat, and now it's the pistol offense that's the "in thing" due to recent success by both the Washington Redskins and San...

NFL Playoffs Taking Familiar Shape, Minus the New York Giants
January 14th, 2013 at 6:30 AM
Watching the NFL playoffs here in 2013 has been exceptionally bitter for the New York Giants and their fans, and never more so than this past weekend. As conference title games loom, there are many familiar faces. In fact, both the AFC Championship game and NFC Championship game feature the...

Michael Strahan’s Single-Season Sack Record Remains Intact for Another Season
January 4th, 2013 at 6:30 AM
For New York Giants fans following the race for the NFL's single-season sack record, last week was a nerve-racking one. Houston Texans' defensive tackle J.J. Watt need only 2.5 sacks, while San Francisco 49ers' defensive end Aldon Smith remained in contention, needing 3.5 sacks to surpass Michael Strahan's record of...

New York Giants Tuesday Morning Storylines: Super Bowl Repeat Possible, but not Without Defense
December 11th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Talk of a New York Giants Super Bowl Repeat is on, as the 52-27 thumping they gave old foe Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints this week was apparently enough to get the ol' bandwagon up and running again, even as a key matchup with Matt Ryan, Roddy White,...