Giants Playoff Preview: Eli Manning’s Secret Leadership Weapon
Eli Manning is the reason sports journalism is often so boring. That’s more of a compliment than it sounds.
Posted 01/07/09 in Daily Intel
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Congressman Wants to Delay Electoral College Certification to Watch Football
You wouldn't want anyone to miss the Florida-Oklahoma game for something so trivial, would you?
Posted 01/07/09 in Daily Intel
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Giants Playoff Preview: Tom Coughlin Will Tell You How This Is Gonna Go, Okay?
The coach used to get caught up in piddly battles with his players, most notably exiled tight end Jeremy Shockey. Today, he makes no such mistakes.
Posted 01/06/09 in Daily Intel
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Giants Playoff Preview: A Defiant Antonio Pierce Bowls Us Over
Antonio Pierce is naked, and he just brushed past me on the way out of the shower. Even with such slight contact, he can easily knock people over.
Posted 12/29/08 in Daily Intel
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Finally, That’s Over: The Jets Fire Mangini
This year, with Brett Favre, other new players, and a big win over New England, most Jets watchers were more optimistic than ever. They shouldn’t have been.
Posted 12/19/08 in Daily Intel
Press-Box Confidential
Ed Werder’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
Also in this week's look at the sporting press: hockey writers on ice!
Posted 12/17/08 in Daily Intel
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Leitch:The Jets’ Nightmare Scenario
What if the Jets never make it to the playoffs? Would this be not the beginning of a new era in Jets football, but the end of it?
Posted 12/08/08 in Daily Intel
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Finally, a Story Line for the Giants
Now that 'Saturday Night Live' is doing unfunny skits about Plaxico Burress, the Giants finally have an easy narrative.
Posted 12/05/08 in Daily Intel
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Jets DE Shaun Ellis Charged With Pot Possession
The Giants aren't the only football team around here that can get onto the police blotter.
Posted 12/04/08 in Daily Intel
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It’s the Mike Bloomberg Gun-Control Comedy Hour!
We already knew the mayor wants Plaxico Burress in jail. But we didn't know it could be so funny!
Posted 12/04/08 in Daily Intel
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Plaxico’s Web of Disaster Expands
A whole lot more people are going down for the idiotic shooting incident over the weekend.
Posted 12/03/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Plaxico Burress and Sean Avery Suspended for Two Very Different Reasons
Shooting yourself in the thigh isn't the only prohibited "detrimental" conduct for athletes.
Posted 12/01/08 in Daily Intel
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Plaxico Burress, a Diva Among Giants
If what Burress has done lately had happened last year, it very well might have destroyed the New York Giants, and coach Tom Coughlin.
Posted 11/24/08 in Daily Intel
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Jets + Giants = Subway Series?
Let’s try to keep our enthusiasm in check here, but right now it looks like the two best teams in the NFL play in the same building. Are you prepared for a Jets-Giants Super Bowl?
Posted 11/14/08 in Daily Intel
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Jets Finally Beat the Patriots, and Answer a Lot of Questions
Being in first place is nice, but not really what's important.
Posted 11/12/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Leitch: Just What’s at Stake As the Jets Meet the Patriots
It’s the most important Jets game in about two years, and will shape the rest of the season. Before you tune in to WB-11, here’s a primer on the top story lines.
Posted 11/06/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Predicted: Every Week of the Jets and Giants Seasons
Both New York professional football teams are above .500, but there's a long way to go this season. Here's what could possibly, maybe, perhaps happen every week from now.
Posted 10/14/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
The Giants Won’t Go 19–0, But Do Get to Be Underdogs Again
The Giants had finally gotten some respect, and last night, they gave it all back.
Posted 10/08/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Sorry, Eli Isn’t the Better Manning — Not Yet
Peyton's already one of the all-time greats. For now, his brother's just on a hot streak.
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