December 5, 2008
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Giants schedule
- Week 1: Thu., Sep. 4 vs. Washington, 7 p.m.
- Week 2: Sun., Sep. 14 at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
- Week 3: Sun., Sep. 21 vs. Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
- Week 4: Bye week
- Week 5: Sun., Oct. 5 vs. Seattle, 1 p.m.
- Week 6: Mon., Oct. 13 at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.
- Week 7: Sun., Oct. 19 vs. San Francisco, 1 p.m.
- Week 8: Sun., Oct. 26 at Pittsburgh, 4:15 p.m.
- Week 9: Sun., Nov. 2 vs. Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
- Week 10: Sun., Nov. 9 at Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m.
- Week 11: Sun., Nov. 16 vs. Baltimore, 1 p.m.
- Week 12: Sun., Nov. 23 at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.
- Week 13: Sun., Nov. 30 at Washington, 1 p.m.
- Week 14: Sun., Dec. 7 vs. Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
- Week 15: Sun., Dec. 14 at Dallas, 8:15 p.m.
- Week 16: Sun., Dec. 21 vs. Carolina, 1 p.m.
- Week 17: Sun., Dec. 28 at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
