- July
- 23
The Giants agreed to terms with first-round choice Kenny Phillips and will be heading to training camp with all their draft picks.
The safety from Miami will earn roughly $11 million over the next five years under terms of the deal, the Associated Press reported.
The Giants signed cornerback Terrell Thomas, their second-round choice, on Monday, the [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on July 23rd, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- July
- 17
The Giants announced today the price tag that season ticket holders will have to pay for their PSLs in the new stadium scheduled to open in 2010. The highest one-time fee is $20,000 for the $700 Coach’s Club seats behind the Giants’ bench and for the $160 Field 1 seats behind the opponent’s bench. The [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on July 17th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- July
- 16
Giants radio broadcaster Bob Papa is replacing Bryant Gumbel as the NFL Network’s play-by-play man for the station’s eight Thursday night games.
Papa will be paired with Cris Collinsworth, who worked with Gumbel for the last two years.
Papa will continue to be the Giants’ radio announcer.
“Being the new play-by-play voice on prime-time national NFL games after [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on July 16th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- July
- 15
Third-round draft pick Mario Manningham signed a four-year contract with the New York Giants, leaving the Super Bowl champions with only two unsigned draft selections.
“The wide receiver position for a rookie is probably one of the most difficult to learn, so we all felt it was important for him not to miss training camp,” Don [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on July 15th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- July
- 15
Running back Ahmad Bradshaw still could face a suspension from the NFL after being released from jail for a probation violation.
Bradshaw was released from the Abingdon (Va.) Regional Jail on Sunday after serving most of a 30-day sentence. The league is investigating whether the player, who helped the Giants win the Super Bowl as a [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on July 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
- June
- 26
Super Bowl Giants Day will be held at State Fair Meadowlands at Giants Stadium on June 28.
Part of the day will feature a behind the scenes tour of the Giants Stadium facilities, including the loocker room, field, and press box (I mean…who wouldn’t want to see the press box???)
There will be over 150 rides and [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on June 26th, 2008 | Post a Comment »
- June
- 23
From the Associated Press:
Backup quarterback Jared Lorenzen was waived by the New York Giants on Monday, a little more than a month before the Super Bowl champions open training camp.
The Giants also waived receiver Todd Lowber, long snapper Nick Leeson, defensive tackle Brian Soi and offensive lineman Jacobs Hobbs, all first-year players.
Lorenzen’s status has been [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on June 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
- June
- 17
David Tyree’s Super Bowl helmet will be on display for a limited time at the Sports Museum of America (www.sportsmuseum.com), located on 26 Broadway in lower Manhattan. The helmet is on loan from the Giants for the summer before it is moved to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio this fall.
Seems like [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on June 17th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
- June
- 3
According to a story on cnnsi.com, Eli Manning pocketed a cool $15 million last year, good for 50th place among most profitable athletes in the world. The list only went 50 deep so Eli just made it. Good for him.
Big brother P. Manning was in 9th place at 30.5 mil.
Tiger Woods is first at [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on June 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
- May
- 6
$$$$$ for David Diehl. A starter on the offensive line since his rookie season, Diehl has proven to be one of the Giants’ most reliable performers. After spending his first three-plus seasons at guard, Diehl was moved to left tackle at the end of the 2006 season and played the big-money spot for all of [...]
Posted by Jeff Gold on May 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment »