Complete Giants Super Bowl coverage

Shaun Powell: Fame won't go to Tyree's head

He rolled up in a stretch limo to the TV studio, saw a magazine with his picture on the cover lying in a waiting room and watched a helper almost pull a hamstring while fetching him a cold bottle of water.

The Giants' road to the Super Bowl

NFC Wild Card

Manning's transformation complete

The day after Eli Manning put on the performance of a lifetime, Giants quarterbacks coach Chris Palmer indulged in a little game of "told you so."

Shaun Powell: Eli and Peyton: Ultimate brothers in arms

Given their success at raising champions, if Archie and Olivia Manning had produced girls, they probably would've named them Venus and Serena.

Giants get parade fit for champions

With confetti raining down on them and more than a million giddy fans jamming lower Manhattan, the New York Giants celebrated their improbable Super Bowl win yesterday with the city's first ticker-tape parade in eight years and a rousing victory party on the steps of City Hall.

Giants savor afterglow while pondering future

Brandon Jacobs was one of the many Giants getting teammates to autograph something. Players were milling around excitedly. Some shot video of a Giants Stadium worker painting the Super Bowl XLII logo on the wall outside the locker room.

Strahan nearly strayed from history

He could have missed all this.

Wallace Matthews: Tyree is a fitting Super Bowl hero for Giants

The one you don't see coming is often the sweetest of all. That is why of all the championships won by all the teams through all the years in this sports crazy town, the 1968 Jets, the '69 Mets and the '96 Yankees are the ones we remember most fondly.

Belichick: 'I wasn't sure of the time'

Bill Belichick isn't looking back.

Giants living the dream after Super Bowl upset

The sleep-deprived smiles were everywhere at the Giants' hotel.

Jim Baumbach: Giants' win ranks among NY's best

Now whenever you mention those special teams such as the 1969 Jets, 1969 Mets, 1986 Mets and the 1994 Rangers, you have to include this Giants team. They made history, and will forever be remembered and cherished for it.

Bob Glauber: Worth the wait for Accorsi

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.

Eli enjoys ultimate moment

Eli Manning barely got any sleep Sunday night. Bleary-eyed yesterday morning, Manning said there was only one thing about him that had changed.

David Tyree's fame is catching

It had been less than 24 hours since the catch, less than a day since David Tyree went from a little-known special-teams player to a name on the lips of nearly every household in the New York metropolitan area.

Super Bowl XLII sets ratings records

The Giants' upset of the Patriots forever will be seared into the memories of sports fans in New York. But they won't be the only ones.

Wallace Matthews: Belichick shows he has no class

Sometimes a man’s character, if not his whole life, can be encapsulated in the blink of an eye. For Scottie Pippen, it was the moment he decided to sit down rather than play out the last 1.8 seconds of a crucial playoff game when he learned the final shot would not be his. For Mike Tyson, it was the moment he decided it would be easier to bite his way out of a beating from Evander Holyfield than to face it.

Burress almost didn't play

A Giants official confirmed last night that Plaxico Burress - who caught the winning touchdown pass with 35 seconds left in Super Bowl XLII - injured his left knee when he fell in a hotel shower Jan. 28.

Johnette Howard: Giants made themselves into champs

That the Giants' hotel was still standing yesterday morning after a raucous postgame celebration that stretched on until 4 a.m. ranked as only the second-biggest upset they pulled off as a team in the previous 24 hours.

Five offseason questions that Giants must answer

What will the Giants do for an encore?

Bush up late, calls early

President Bush, who stayed up past his usual bedtime to watch the end of a stirring Super Bowl, called members of the Giants' organization yesterday to offer his congratulations.

Travel delays ruin visits for Eli

Eli Manning's first full day as a bona fide sports hero got off to a slow start yesterday.

Joe Gergen: Giants finally get parade they deserved

The final drive of the football season will be longer than the 83 yards the Giants traveled in the waning minutes of Super Bowl XLII. It is expected to attract many multiples of the 71,101 witnesses to the 17-14 victory over the New England Patriots in Glendale, Ariz. Not only does it mark the team's first appearance in the metropolitan area in 2008 but it represents an unprecedented honor for the second-oldest professional sports franchise associated with the city.

Giants end New York sports title drought

If you don't count the New Jersey Devils as a New York sports team -- and, really, who among us does? -- then the Giants' Super Bowl XLII victory ended a seven-year, three-month drought since the last New York sports championship.

Giants stun Patriots to win Super Bowl

Believe.

Shaun Powell: Magical Giants can't be stopped

Grown men ran around the field like kids scampering at recess. Inside an enclosed stadium, it rained heavily, with brightly colored confetti falling. Yes, when Super Bowl XLII ended last night, there was chaos, as expected, and history. That, too.

Bob Glauber: How the Giants shocked the Patriots

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?

Vindicated Eli wins Super Bowl MVP

So, do you think Eli Manning is going to get booed at home next year?

Notes: Iraq vet Gadson inspires Giants

Giants coach Tom Coughlin addressed his team as he normally does at their Saturday night team meeting but he had a special guest address the Giants before Coughlin spoke.

Neil Best: 'Wow!' for Fox's booth, too

Across the continent, from Long Island to Fox's vast compound outside University of Phoenix Stadium, what likely will be the largest TV audience in the history of American sports was losing its collective head.

Giants' Tyree makes catch of a lifetime

To grasp just how unlikely David Tyree's clutch performance was last night, understand this: He had more receiving yards (43) and touchdowns (one) in Super Bowl XLII than he did in his entire 2007 season.

Patriots' defense lets it slip away

Hiding beneath all the gaudy offensive numbers, all the acrobatic receptions, all the dominant performances was the Patriots' unheralded defense.

Patriots' line can't protect Brady

The wall around Tom Brady came crumbling down.

Johnette Howard: MVP Eli outduels Golden Boy Brady

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was hammering his feet up and down, anxiously slapping the ball against his left hand, hurriedly scanning the field to find someone open, but the Giants' pass rush just kept coming toward him like a lava flow, incinerating everything in its path.

For fans, it's screams and tears

Inside the jam-packed Brickhouse Brewery in Patchogue, the Giants' down-to-the-wire victory was enough to bring the toughest men to tears.

Despite TD catch, Moss only partially effective

One of the biggest reasons for the Patriots' undefeated regular season was Randy Moss. The wide receiver caught an NFL-record 23 touchdown passes, including two against the Giants in the season finale.

Bob Glauber: Simms would gladly take Eli's early career

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

Did Pats cheat before 2002 Super Bowl?

The Patriots have denied a report quoting a source who says the team illegally taped the St. Louis Rams' walk-through session the day before Super Bowl XXXVI six years ago.

Homemade highlight reel launched Brady's career

In the beginning, all Tom Brady knew is he wanted to be a football player. That was it. He was nobody's hotshot quarterback prospect as a high school sophomore or even a junior. Baseball was his best sport. But he didn't love baseball the way he loved football after picking up the game as a benchwarmer for his high school's 0-8 freshman team. He didn't move particularly well then. He was tall and lanky and constantly was told he was slow afoot. But this is the best part: He didn't care.

Long Island's Tom Brady is a Giants fan

Tom Brady has his game-day routine all mapped out.

Who's covered all the Super Bowls? List down to 4

The list has dwindled, but there still are four names on it: Jerry Izenberg of The Star-Ledger of Newark, Jerry Green of the Detroit News, Edwin Pope of the Miami Herald and Dave Klein, formerly of The Star-Ledger and now an online journalist covering the team.

Bob Glauber: How to beat the Patriots

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.

Giants see edge in having faced Patriots

The opportunity to get back on a football field reminded the Giants why they're here and what they're up against.

Burress has been go-to-guy despite ankle injury

Plaxico Burress stood alone at his locker after the Giants' Sunday night victory over the Eagles Sept. 30, looking almost forlornly at his swollen right ankle.

Shaun Powell: Giants, Patriots make this Super Bowl special

This could be ruined by a flurry of field goals, loose balls, 1-yard TD runs, punts and penalties, because that's how these games sometimes go. And this could turn out to be less suspenseful than Tom Brady's boot. And maybe the lack of artistry will force Tom Coughlin and Bill Belichick to look as if they're sucking lemons even more than usual.

Giants are thrilled Feagles is still kicking

One of the best players on the Giants had a tough decision to make a few years ago: whether to retire, probably a little early. So he talked it over with his coach, Tom Coughlin.

Neil Best: Coughlin shocks by having fun on Media Day

Tom Coughlin showed up early, of course. Even earlier - by two full minutes - than the five minutes early he famously requires of his players.

Jim Baumbach: The Super Bowl media day circus

What is media day? Every player from both teams sits behind a desk on the field for one hour, and the assembled media have a chance to interview whomever they want. Sounds straight forward, right? Maybe in 1970. Not anymore.

Bob Glauber: Injured Iraq war vet inspires Giants

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.

Shaun Powell: Gruff Coughlin gave his heart to player he lost

Tom Coughlin wants to win Sunday, not today. Today, he doesn't care. Today, he won't even try. Today is when America gets to know the Super Bowl players and coaches up close and personal, and it's a game in which Coughlin doesn't stand a chance, because America is already locked into this image of him as a hard-boiled boss whose heart rarely flutters.

Giants reach Super Bowl on Tynes' OT field goal

As the ball sailed through the uprights, as his and every other Giant's dreams were fulfilled, Shaun O'Hara thought of one word.

Bob Glauber: Beating big odds, Eli leads Giants to Super Bowl

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.

Tynes confident he'd stick a fork in Packers

Lawrence Tynes pulled his first attempt that would have broken the 20-20 tie.

Shaun Powell: Giants believed in themselves

Football logic says the Giants don't belong in the Super Bowl, and at times during a chilly night at Lambeau Field, even they seemed to agree.

Shaun Powell: Giants get no respect, but keep winning

It's possible to get lost in a city of several million, especially if you weren't named to the Pro Bowl, or led the NFL in rushing, or never bothered to choreograph a funny end zone dance, or were declared dead in September.

How Giants GM Reese put together a winner

A year ago today, Jerry Reese was introduced as the Giants' general manager. Within a few hours, he was off to Houston to watch college seniors practice for the East-West Shrine game. Reese was back in Houston for those East-West practices yesterday, but his focus may not have been entirely on the workouts.

GIANTS 21, COWBOYS 17

Giants upset Cowboys to reach NFC title game

R.W. McQuarters cradled the football as he walked to the Giants' bus. He had changed from his uniform into a cream-colored suit, but the ball was still in his arms.

Giants rock Bucs for eighth road win in row

Rich Seubert walked toward the Giants' locker room after their 24-14 win over the Bucs. "Book the flight!" he yelled triumphantly.