Burning questions for 2008-09

July 19, 2008

WILL THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP GO TO THE GIANTS' HEADS?

Recent columns

• What's all the fuss about Spygate tapes?

  May 14, 2008

  As I was sitting yesterday in a hotel conference room watching the tapes that former Patriots video employee Matt Walsh submitted to the NFL, one thought kept popping into my head: This is what the whole Spygate mess was about?

• Reese takes a Giant gamble on Manningham

  April 28, 2008

  Based on football ability alone, Mario Manningham probably is a first-round talent. Good speed on the outside. Terrific athleticism. Exceptional production in a big-time college program.

• Still a Giant, Shockey is the talk of the draft

  April 27, 2008

  The Giants had just drafted Miami safety Kenny Phillips in the first round of yesterday's draft, and the first question general manager Jerry Reese got was about tight end Jeremy Shockey.

• Giants should only trade Shockey for real value

  April 25, 2008

  Just the mere mention of his name, and the reaction is immediate and intense.

• Delaware QB Flacco's stock rising in NFL draft

  April 22, 2008

  OK, so we're not talking Class of '83 with this year's quarterbacks, although it does happen to be the 25th anniversary of the draft that brought John Elway, Dan Marino and Jim Kelly to the NFL. And we're not even talking Class of 2004, when Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger and Philip Rivers came into the league and soon began going to championship games and/or winning Super Bowls.

• Worth the wait for Accorsi

  February 5, 2008

  The Patriots had just scored the go-ahead touchdown on Tom Brady's pass to Randy Moss, and Eli Manning trotted onto the field with 2:39 to play. Former Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi, watching the game from the stands at University of Phoenix Stadium, turned to his son, Michael.

• How the Giants shocked the Patriots

  February 4, 2008

  The New England Patriots were miffed that Plaxico Burress predicted a 23-17 New York Giants' win nearly a week before Sunday night's Super Bowl. Only 17 points for the highest-scoring team in NFL history?

• Simms would gladly take Eli's early career

  February 3, 2008

  Phil Simms is amused by all the criticism Eli Manning has absorbed through most of his career with the Giants.

• How to beat the Patriots

  January 30, 2008

  No one has figured out a way to beat the Patriots just yet, and there's only one more chance to prevent New England from becoming the first 19-0 team in NFL history. The only team standing between the Pats and perfection: the Giants.

• Burress' victory prediction out of line

  January 30, 2008

  The formula worked to perfection: Opposing player (insert name) would talk trash (insert comment) before a playoff game against the Giants. The Giants wouldn't take the bait and beat said playoff opponent (insert team).

• Injured Iraq war vet inspires Giants

  January 29, 2008

  May 7, 2007, Baghdad: Lt. Col. Gregory Gadson is driving back from a memorial service honoring two American soldiers killed by a roadside bomb. Shortly after 9:30 p.m., he notices the flash of light just outside his vehicle. Then he hears the sound.

• Spagnuolo's a keeper, and Giants know it

  January 24, 2008

  When the Giants received a fax from the Falcons seeking to interview defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo six days before their divisional playoff game against the Cowboys, team president and co-owner John Mara was said to be livid.

• Ex-Giant Anderson sees Giants upsetting Patriots

  January 23, 2008

  As soon as Lawrence Tynes' kick sailed through the uprights at frigid Lambeau Field on Sunday night, Ottis Anderson flashed back to Jan. 21, 1991.

• Intangible "it" factor makes Giants dangerous

  January 22, 2008

  The quarterback has grown up before our very eyes.

• Beating big odds, Eli leads Giants to Super Bowl

  January 21, 2008

  Bad cold-weather quarterback. Playing with a glove on his non-throwing hand. Going against one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. On the road, and in subzero temperatures, no less.

• Coughlin needs to hold chips for Bucs game

  December 26, 2007

  Tom Coughlin has learned to do a bunch of new things this year: showing his warm and fuzzy side to the players, getting along with the media, enjoying his first-ever Gatorade bath.

• A head job for Henderson?

  December 24, 2005

  You've heard plenty of names mentioned as head coaching candidates -- from Brad Childress of the Eagles to Gregg Williams of the Redskins to Tim Lewis of the Giants. But there's one more you should add, even if it's from an unlikely team -- the Jets.

• Modell knew best: Mara and Tisch were perfect pair

  November 16, 2005

  It was early spring in 1991 when Art Modell came up with the idea of bringing together Bob Tisch and Wellington Mara.

• Tagliabue Can’t Say Games Must Go On

  September 13, 2001

  NFL COMMISSIONER Paul Tagliabue finally will make a decision today about whether to cancel this weekend's games. But after the horrors of the most colossal act of terrorism this country has known, is there really any decision to make? If Tagliabue does not honor the dead and wounded, as well as the billions around the world who are mortified by what has happened, then he will have made the most senseless and unforgivable decision of his otherwise admirable tenure.