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Wellington Mara wanted to stick with Kerry over Eli
WatchdogMy Tuesday newspaper column has stuff in it about a new book on Eli Manning, about Keith Olbermann making a Sarah Palin-related crack that annoyed some conservatives and about "Hockey Night in Canada" coming to America. The Eli book reveals......Tags: Kerry Collins, Football, Eli Manning, National Football League, Sarah Palin
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Giants' Manning comes off all write in new book
neil.best@newsday.comEli Manning and Kerry Collins forever were linked after April 2004, when the Giants traded for the former, then released the latter. Now look: They are the quarterbacks of the only two undefeated teams in the NFL. The fact that both were and...Tags: Buffalo Bills, Kerry Collins, Baseball, Michael Strahan, Bob Costas
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Long-time Giants broadcaster Dick Lynch dies at 72
WatchdogDick Lynch, a former Giants defensive back and radio broadcaster for the team whose association with the organization spanned 50 years, has died at age 72, several people familiar with Lynch's situation said Wednesday morning. Lynch had been absent from.....Tags: Phil Rizzuto, Radio Industry, Super Bowl, Football, New York Giants
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Giants broadcaster Dick Lynch dead at 72
neil.best@newsday.comThe essence of Dick Lynch, his former radio partner said Wednesday, was his ability to "bring Giants fans into the booth and into his family, and to make Giants fans feel like family." That homey charm endeared him not only to Bob Papa, who went from a...Tags: Radio Industry, Super Bowl, Football, New York Giants, National Football League
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Cheerleaders at Giants game? Not happening
Here's a trivia question (and answer) to win a bar bet this autumn: Name the six NFL teams that do not have official cheerleaders. As you'd expect, the list (via the league office) consists entirely of old-school franchises in the North: Giants, Lions,...Tags: New York Jets, Abusive Behavior, Matt Higgins, New York Giants, Yogi Berra
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Beat writer takes you inside Eli and the Giants' mechanism
Tell a sports fan that you're a sportswriter who gets to cover NFL games and it can cause instant jealousy. Ralph Vacchiano, a lifelong Giants fan who gets to cover the team for the New York Daily News, can relate to that jealousy in a different way. ''...Tags: Michael Jordan, Kerry Collins, Peyton Manning, Johnny Unitas, New York Giants
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Mike Francesa, Chris Russo diss Bob Glauber's list
WatchdogI just returned from Michael Strahan's retirement news conference. I'm like the alum who keeps coming back to hang out with his old pals, sleep on a couch in the fraternity lodge and sleep late while everyone goes to class.......Tags: Michael Strahan
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Shockey is gone, but not forgotten
New York wanted to love Jeremy Shockey from the start, and often did. He was Mickey Mantle 2.0, a brawny, reckless, untamed Okie who immediately announced himself by brawling with Brandon Short in the training camp dining room after a disagreement over...Tags: Jeff Garcia, Lawrence Taylor, San Francisco 49ers, Jeremy Shockey, Diseases
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Presidential influence: White House decisions that made a mark on the field
Sentinel Staff WriterT.R. helps make game safer Theodore Roosevelt loved sports, hunting and the outdoors, but he grew concerned about college football, which bore little resemblance to what the sport looks like today. One newspaper reported that 18 college players died in...Tags: Armed Forces, Jim Thorpe, Ronald Reagan, Defense, Dwight David Eisenhower
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Politics and football share one common bond: Dynasties
Sentinel Staff WriterAmericans pride themselves on their democracy. None other than George Washington helped set that tone. He relinquished the presidency voluntarily and peacefully after eight years in office, creating an important example for future leaders to follow....Tags: Abe Ribicoff, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Peyton Manning, Baseball
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Stadium was home to football Giants for 17 years
john.jeansonne@newsday.comLegend has it that on Dec. 28, 1958, when the Giants and Baltimore Colts tangled in the NFL's first "sudden-death" championship scuffle, Yankee Stadium became the scene of "The Greatest Game Ever Played." "It wasn't," Giants owner Wellington Mara...Tags: Bert Bell, Chuck Bednarik, Frank Gifford, Baltimore Colts, Football
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Giants believed in themselves
shaun.powell@newsday.comFootball 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. But they're going, warts and all. They're going to Arizona, site of Super Bowl XLII, because Eli Manning...Tags: Brett Favre, Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, New York Giants, Sam Madison
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